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Tue 02 Feb 2010Ashton criticised for handling of EU appointment
SWEDISH FOREIGN minister Carl Bildt has taken a sideswipe at EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton over the appointment of a new EU ambassador to the US in succession to former Taoiseach John Bruton.
The European Commission last week handed the post to Vale de Almeida, a Portuguese EU official who is close to commission chief José Manuel Barroso, a former Portuguese prime minister.
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