20/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - Ashton, enhanced relations. Catherine Ashton, the head of the European diplomatic corps, praised the increasing “quality” and the “intensity” of the relationship between the EU and the Council of Europe (CoE), “especially following the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2007”, as she opened the EU Representation to the CoE, in Strasbourg on Wednesday 19 January. In her speech, Ashton noted that the two institutions shared the same commitment to...