Lawyer, specializing in international and EU law, arbitration and mediation, Formerly: Member of European Parliament including, chaired Legal Affairs and Internal Market Committee, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, and Conference of Committee Chairs; Member of the Spanish Cortes, chaired Joint Committee on EU in two houses of parliament; first woman to serve as Foreign Affairs Minister, Spain; Senior Vice-President and General Counsel, World Bank Group: Executive Committee Member and Senior Vice-President, International Affairs, Areva. Member, international advisory boards of think tanks and public institutions.
Last month was another cruel one for Europe, culminating in the horrific terrorist attacks in Brussels on March 22. The aftermath has seen a new round of soul searching, with Europeans mu...
If a strategy is announced and nobody is listening, does it make a sound? The European Union will find out the answer this June, when Federica Mogherini, its High Representative for Forei...
The liberal international order that has helped stabilize the world since the end of the Cold War is under strain. A revanchist Russia, chaos in the Middle East, and simmering tensions in...
The prospect of a British exit from the European Union is well and truly upon us. It seems increasingly likely that the upcoming European Council meeting will result in a deal on the cond...
