EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana

This year’s Halki International Seminars focused on the role of the transatlantic institutions in helping local stakeholders address security challenges in the Middle East, the Black Sea and Southeastern Europe. In the interview that follows, St. Everts discusses his views on EU energy policy. ShareThis Read Full Story

Well, maybe Acciona , the ESADE Business School, etc. aren't enough. Looks like our very good friend is back -- this time as director of the Spanish Security Strategy. This sounds so very much like his carefully crafted European Security Strategy . More important, this new appointment for Javier Solana comes JUST IN TIME for the Spanish EU - WEU joint presidencies to begin in just a few days. His alter ego, Cristina Gallach has been named the spokesperson for those Spanish presidencies. The next six months should be very interesting, perhaps disturbing, and most revealing. Stay tuned! Constance Read Full Story

I read Friday that Cristina Gallach is to be the spokesperson for the Spanish presidency of the EU/WEU. Read about it by clicking here . This is fascinating as she is Javier Solana's long time spokesperson. I believe she still is! This reads to me as though Javier Solana will have a major role and that he has decided it would be temporarily advantageous to lower profile things for awhile. Personally, I believe Cristina Gallach should have applied for Javier Solana's vacated Foreign Minister/"High Representative" position. She appears to be far more qualified than the appointment they made of the British parliamentarian with little ... Read Full Story

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has a closer relationship with the European Union than official EU-membership candidate Croatia, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Wednesday. "Israel is, allow me to say, a member of the European Union without being a member of the institutions," he said to warm applause from a conference of business and political leaders in Jerusalem. "It's a member of all the programs..." "No country outside the continent has the type of relations Israel has with the European Union," Solana added, emphasizing Israel's participation in EU research and technology programs. "I don't see the president of Croatia here," Solana said, ... Read Full Story

The US will confront Iran with accusations it is developing nuclear weapons in crunch talks next month between Tehran and six world powers which are set to be held in Turkey, officials said Tuesday. The announcement that long-awaited talks will take place from October 1 was greeted as a welcome first step by United States officials but a White House spokesman made clear there will be no holds barred in the discussions. The European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana meanwhile said the talks would "very likely" take place in Turkey, a country seen as having good relations with both the West and the ... Read Full Story