the Decision to rate down the diplomats from the EUROPEAN union tagged the first time during the George H. W. Bush’s funeral in december, when the EU ambassador in Washington, David O’sullivan, called up last among the 150 foreign representatives, writes the news agency Reuters.
O’sullivan, however, should later have regained his rank, writes the news agency.
the radio station Deutsche Welle, who were the first to report about the decision, downgraded the EU from ”state” to ”international organization”. The EU has been designated as a member state since september of 2016.
“We don’t know when they did this because they conveniently forgot to tell us about it,” says a diplomat to Deutsche Welle.
most Likely implemented the change back in October or in november.
will have more material consequences than the order in which a delegate is going to go up to a chest. According to the news agency, it will mean that the EU Washingtonbaserade diplomats will not be invited to some important events and meetings.
the Change is confirmed by a spokesperson for the EU commission for Reuters.
A diplomat said to the Deutsche Welle that it is not only about a protokollfråga but ”have a clear political motive.
that Reuters spoke with said that the EU is hardly going to reply with something similar because it is keen to create good relationships between the EU and the united states.
the President of Donald Trump has long been opposed to negotiating with the blocks or groups of countries have sought bilateral agreements. He has been openly critical of the EU and backed the Uk in its decision to leave the union.
the EU is the U.S.’s largest export market and was the fifth to be the united states sells in the world sold in Europe.
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