Catherine Ashton

“I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative.”

“In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life we want.”

“Foreign policy is about trying to deliver for them the best possible economic benefits, the chance to travel, to study, to work, the opportunity through trade to be able to sell their goods...”

“I look for the consensus because the consensus drives the policy into new places.”