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Vimont to his troops: forward for the adventure

They weren't all there, in the inner plaza of a European building. But a few hundred agents from the future diplomatic service had insisted on making the trip: civil servants from the Commission's DG Relex, the Council and diplomats from the Member States... The diplomatic service management quartet - the Frenchman Pierre Vimont, the Irishman David O'Sullivan, the German Helga Schmid and the Pole Maciej Popowski - newly appointed (1) had, in fact, decided to bring their troops together, in a rather informal way, to introduce themselves, welcome each other... (in English) and full of courage in this new adventure. Hopes are high. "Our beginnings are carefully watched outside“clarified Pierre Vimont.In the United States in particular"Not everything will be easy, acknowledged David O'Sullivan."It's a nice challenge".

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Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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