Brussels Quietly Trains a Foreign Service

"The European Union, for now, lacks most trappings of central government because it has no constitution. Most 'EU diplomats' are in fact diplomats from EU member nations, not from Brussels itself. Even Javier Solana, the EU's high representative for the common foreign and security policy, can't technically call himself a 'foreign minister.' Instead, he is generally referred to in the media as the EU's foreign policy chief. But European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is quietly working for the day when he can."