The European Commission is developing plans to split the EU diplomatic service and incorporate some of its functions into the EU administration. People familiar with the matter revealed that senior officials have begun to study which functions of the European External Action Service can be absorbed by the existing departments of the European Commission.

The European Commission is developing plans to split the EU diplomatic service and incorporate some of its functions into the EU administration. People familiar with the matter revealed that senior officials have begun to study which functions of the European External Action Service can be absorbed by the existing departments of the European Commission.