Brussels, 24/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - On the sidelines of the foreign ministers' debate on Monday 23 May in Council with Catherine Ashton on the functioning of the European External Action Service (EEAS), British representatives expressed concern at seeing the new European diplomatic service nibble away at the authority of member states (“competence creep”), while imposing disproportionate budgetary requirements. The British government wants to be very clear about the fact that the...