Já há alguns meses que Catherine Ashton está a exercer funções como Alta Representante. Depois de muita discussão sobre as suas capacidades e adequabilidade para o lugar, eu pensava que a celeuma acabaria por acalmar. Mas afinal não:
“As the turf war for the European diplomatic service (EEAS) continues, MEPs are claiming High Representative Ashton is inexperienced and that she is incapable of handling the task of setting up the new diplomatic service. Ashton is “simply out of her depth” says German Christian Democratic Union MEP Inge Grässle. Grässle adds that the EEAS proposal is “totally on the wrong track.”
The criticism of Ashton follows a statement last Friday by the European Parliament, criticizing the Ashton’s EEAS proposal for not holding the diplomatic service accountable to parliament, and for creating an artificial separation of competencies between the EEAS and Commission in areas related to the European Development Fund and Instrument for Stability. In addition, the parliament was critical of the proposal calling for Ashton’s deputy, the EEAS secretary-general, to be civil servant rather than a political appointee.
Considering the enormity of the task, and the fact that jostling among established institutions vying to influence the direction of the new creation is inevitable, perhaps the critique of Ashton is unfair. Following her appointment as High Representative Ashton was criticized for being a candidate that represented the lowest common denominator. Never mind that her obscurity and inexperience was precisely what landed her the job in the first place. Prior to Ashton’s appointment, names such as David Milliband, Britains foreign minister, former German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Massimo D´Alema, a veteran Italian politician, were bandied about Bruxelles. Assuming that one of these candidates was a realistic option, it is hardly clear that these high profile Europeans would have made more headway than Ashton.”
(http://eu.foreignpolicyblogs.com, 21 de Abril de 2010)
Há uma crítica que se lhe pode fazer que ninguém pode desmentir: Ela é mesmo feia!
ResponderEliminarAh ah ah! Pois.. Lol! Nesse aspecto, tanto a Alta Representante como o desaparecido em combate von Rompuy batem os outros candidatos todos aos pontos! Looool!
ResponderEliminarE a Angela e o Durão, Deus me livre e guarde!
ResponderEliminarComo dizem no sexo e a cidade: arranjam políticos que ninguém quer f**** e eles f**** toda a gente... =P
Ah ah! Não conhecia essa! Loooool! Mas tem a sua lógica... :P
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