Federica Mogherini will next week clock up one year in office as the European Union’s foreign policy chief. That anniversary looks insignificant beside the geo-political crisis that is unfolding in Syria, where the EU watches helplessly as Russian planes fly bombing missions to assist President Bashar al-Assad, just as earlier it watched ISIS/Daesh fighters spread from Iraqi to Syrian territory.
Add in the continuing conflict in eastern Ukraine, and an intensification of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories, and there seems scant reason for anyone to celebrate Mogherini’s anniversary.
Yet, behind the scenes, unheralded, this past year has seen something of …read more
Source: European Voice
