European diplomatic corps: EDC plans to spend $53.6 million in Armoured Cars
European diplomatic corps has been accused of "vanity" over plans to spend $53.6 million on bulletproof limousines for its 7,000 staff , The service is overseen by Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security.
Formally launched Dec. 1 and including the EU's massive aid and development budgets, it will dwarf Britain's Foreign Office, which employs 4,863 diplomats.
Some British embassies and consulates in smaller countries may close and their duties be passed EU embassies. Some EU missions will be posted where there are already British diplomats. The EU will have nine more diplomats than the British embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados, and 13 more in the Dominican Republic.
Marta Andreasen, a United Kingdom Independence Party MEP, said: "The vanity of the EEAS knows no limits. British embassies are closed and downgraded, and our international voice is being drowned out by career Eurocrats in comfort postings." To read more on this European diplomatic corps, Read more:
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