Brussels, 22/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - The European External Action Service, which was officially launched on 1 December, will become genuinely operational only from 1 January 2011 when some 1,643 officials will be transferred from the Commission and Council to the new service headed by Catherine Ashton. Only two weeks ago, there were fears that this transfer would be delayed because of disagreements between the European Parliament and the Council over the 2011 budget (which contains a...