The EU Foreign Service: how to build a more effective common policy

Nov 22, 2007

Giovanni Grevi

Senior Associate Fellow

With contributions from Cornelius Adebahr, Graham Avery, Simon Duke, Jolyon Howorth, Stephan Keukeleire, Anne-Marie Le Gloannec, Julia Lieb, Andreas Maurer Antonio Missiroli, David Rijks and Richard Whitman.

This Working Paper analyses the key questions which need to be addressed and offers some ideas aimed at framing the debate.

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