FILE PHOTO: European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini, Belgium’s Prime Minister Charles Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, take part in a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The rise to power of anti-EU populists in some member states is making it harder for the European Union to agree common statements on fast-moving foreign crises, diplomats say, raising a threat to the bloc's prized "soft power" status.
By the end of a foreign ministers meeting on Monday, EU states had failed to agree no less than three foreign policy statements -- on Venezuela, Arab ties and Russian violations of a missile treaty -- despite days of negotiations.
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