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Sat 03 Mar 2010Ashton tries to downplay tensions over powers of new EU diplomatic corps
EU FOREIGN policy chief Catherine Ashton is trying to smooth over sharp divisions between European governments and the EU Commission over the structure and powers of the diplomatic corps that she will command.
Against the backdrop of diplomatic turf battles over the shape of the European External Action Service (EAS), Baroness Ashton made only a brief reference to the tensions between EU governments and the union’s executive branch as foreign ministers gathered here for a biannual informal meeting.
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