The head of the European Union’s foreign service, French diplomat Alain Le Roy, has resigned after differences with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, EU diplomats said.
Le Roy’s departure “for personal reasons” just 16 months after he took the job of secretary-general of the European External Action Service was disclosed in a brief statement on Wednesday evening announcing the appointment of his successor.
Mogherini named Helga Schmid, 55, a German diplomat who has been political director of the EEAS in charge of issues such as the Iran nuclear negotiations for the last six years, to succeed Le Roy from September 1.
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Source: The Indian Express
