Brussels, 20/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 20 October, the European Parliament (EP) passed the necessary amendments to the EU financial regulation, staff regulations and the 2010 budget to allow the European External Action Service (EEAS) to be set up. The Service, which is expected ultimately to have some 3,700 diplomats and officials, should, therefore, be up and running from 1 December.
Budget rules. The financial regulation setting the budget rules was adopted by 578 votes to...