New EU Chief of Staff comes to Lady Ashton's rescue
(B2) If that's not a declaration of love... then... The new EU Chief of Staff (Director General of the Military Staff to be exact), Dutch General Ton Van Osch , held during the seminar on piracy, which was held this Thursday in the European Parliament, to express its full support for Cathy Ashton, who is going through a difficult time to say the least. “ We are equipping ourselves with the European External Action Service. I hear a lot of criticism. » he explained. " But you have to be fair. We cannot expect our High Representative to be Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense at the same time, in a single day, we cannot expect her to be immediately effective, when the means do not are not put into service. What she does is already very good, she gets down to the organization of the service, while moving abroad, to represent the EU. »
Lady, we are by your side
That's sort of the meaning of his statement. Since the soldier added: “ Many people want coordination. But often it is by thinking that they are the ones who will coordinate the others. We in the military understand this. We are not asking for this role. We are ready to be coordinated. We are here and will be ready to provide this support role that is expected of us. » A declaration of allegiance, very political, which can mean that the military does not claim their total autonomy but rather their full and complete integration as a tool of EU foreign policy. A way, also intelligent in my opinion, of claiming full association with other decisions that may be taken. Your Van Osch, a man to follow…
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