More than 50 EU embassies open across the world
Telegraph / 22-01-2010
The move has led to fears that British consular facilities could be shut down as Brussels establishes itself as a world power.
Critics say the 54 new embassies in countries including Afghanistan, China, India and 33 African nations will shift power away from the British foreign office towards a new EU diplomatic service.
Embassies in the key capitals of Beijing, Kabul and Addis Ababa, the seat of the African Union, are regarded as marking a major shift to giving the EU a role as a global player to rival nation states.
The embassies will takeover national bilateral missions in the 54 countries where they are set up, headed by ambassadors who are empowered to speak on behalf of the EU as a whole.
"They are going to be a bit more political," a Brussels official to...
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