Serious' cyber attack on EU bodies

 

You can read all about it here 

One of the “bodies” was the EU External Action Service which sounds rather sinister, almost like the EU’s own special forces, and was a “body” that I was not familiar with.  So I looked it up and after reading its mandate I am none the wiser.  See if you can figure it out:

“In fulfilling his mandate, the High Representative shall be assisted by a European External Action Service. This service shall work in cooperation with the diplomatic services of the Member States and shall comprise officials from relevant departments of the General Secretariat of the Council and of the Commission as well as staff seconded from national diplomatic services of the Member States. The organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service shall be established by a decision of the Council. The Council shall act on a proposal from the High Representative after consulting the European Parliament and after obtaining the consent of the Commission”

No?  I thought not.  I bet some Brussels senior official was paid several grand to draft this gobbledegook.

Actually the High Representative is a she – none other than Baroness Ashton…..we’re in good hands.