Brussels, 09/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - Despite the fact that criticism has been growing recently about the lack of ambition and scope of the new European External Action Service (EEAS), Catherine Ashton, who heads the service, gives positive and optimistic results of the first four months since the service was officially inaugurated on 1 January 2011. In a message published on Europe Day, 9 May, the high representative explains that her aim is to make the EEAS a “single platform to project...