http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770
http://fpc.org.uk/publications/159
http://fpc.org.uk/fsblob/499.pdf
http://crossroads.journalismcentre.c...eu-consulates/
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1070129.ece
Some talk about mergers including the daily mail which loves a good euro scare story.
The new reformed treaty of lisbon Intends to create a European diplomatic service and the new postion of EU foreign minster amongst all the other good and bad stuff (im neither a EU secptic or EU lover personally its there so i just deal with it) im led to belive.
Once there a EU embassies i would have thought many countries particularly the not so well off ones would at least want to utlise the manpower of the EU for routine Admin and buliding space.
I have been numerous Embassies in the UK and most have Workers in them who are local british or eu workers, so it would seem it does not matter what nationality performed those tasks.
I could see the EU buys/lease a big buliding and all the countries have there own areas. Im sure the can still in key countries still have an ambadssors house for all the "National Intrest" actvities.
The UK for one has shut down both Embassies and consuls in recent years and im sure others have. I know for a fact that Embassies (from a various regions of the world) are normally very tight on costs far more than private companies of all sizes and british goverment services.
