Bristol Hannover Council
Ashton underlines value of UK links with Germany
** The significance of the relationship between the UK and Germany, especially amid current events, was one of the themes reviewed by Baroness Ashton of Upholland in the annual parliamentary day lunch organised by the British German Association.
Baroness Cathy Ashton, a former Leader of the House of Lords, had steered the Treaty of Lisbon through the House of Lords in 2008 and later served as the European Union’s first High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Baroness Ashton addressing the BGA Parliamentary Day lunch
Her address and responses to questions reviewed both her career and insight gained in negotiations with, among other countries, Russia, Iran, Kosovo, Serbia and the United States. She paid tribute to the work of fellow guests Miguel Berger, the departing German Ambassador, and Jill Gallard, former UK Ambassador to Germany.
Time on the terrace for Jonathan Radnedge and son Christian
Speakers at recent previous BGA parliamentary day events, at the House of Lords, have included David Lammie, now Foreign Secretary, and Simon McDonald, Baron McDonald of Salford, former Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service.
JONATHAN RADNEDGE
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