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...post every six months. A new post of European Foreign Minister would also be created, with a foot in both Commission and Council, and his or her own "European diplomatic service." That figure would combine the overlapping tasks of External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten and High Representative Javier Solana, who stay out of each other's way more by gentlemanly forbearance than by any clear definition of role. There is no question that the proposal, which will define the debate in the ongoing Convention on the Future of Europe over the next few months, addresses some major faults...
...further 20% in 2003. The Europeans, meanwhile, are expanding their presence. They have already taken the lead in Macedonia, now the Balkans' most volatile trouble spot, and that role is likely to deepen with the arrival of E.U. peacekeepers in the next six months. E.U. foreign policy chief Javier Solana is the West's most visible face in Skopje, Macedonia's capital. He is also spearheading the current effort to redraw what is left of Yugoslav into a new federation that accommodates the requirements of both Serbs and Montenegrins. "Europe is more and more capable of speaking with one voice...
Unfortunately, the E.U. has a poor record of mediation in the Middle East. It's not for lack of trying, though. Javier Solana, the E.U.'s High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, has made several attempts to broker a cease-fire between Israelis and Palestinians - to no avail. And in April German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer put forward proposals that could serve as a blueprint for fresh talks. Fischer's plan calls for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to appoint a caretaker prime minister until January, when newly elected officials would carry out the reforms necessary for the establishment...
...course, is a deeply frustrating restriction to Sharon, who only a month ago publicly regretted letting Arafat live when he had the opportunity to kill him in Beirut in 1982. The two men may simply be militant representatives of rival nationalisms, but as EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana observed this week, anybody who has dealt with them can't miss the fact that for Arafat and Sharon, it's also personal...
...left 20 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers dead. Abdullah's initiative prompted the Bush Administration to dispatch CIA chief George Tenet and Middle East special envoy William Burns to Jiddah to take the matter up with the Crown Prince in person. The European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana made the same stop the day before. Every key Arab state except Syria has voiced support for Abdullah's "vision," making the Crown Prince confident he will win official backing at an Arab League summit later this month...