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Thu 10 Oct 2009EU may share use of external embassies
IRISH EMBASSIES in countries outside Europe may be harnessed by the EU as part of the European External Action Service (EEAS) set up under the Lisbon Treaty.
MEPs in Strasbourg will vote today on whether to accept a report on the external service from the parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs, which recommends embassies of EU countries be merged with EU diplomatic agencies after the service has been established.
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