Sikorski officially a candidate for top EU diplomat

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has officially named Foreign Affairs Minister Radosław Sikorski as Poland’s candidate for the post of EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, according to government sources quoted by the Polish Press Agency. A new chief diplomat for the European Union is supposed to be elected at the bloc’s summit on August 30. Sikorski was seen as one of the possible candidates, though supposedly less likely to win than Italy’s foreign minister  Federica Mogherini. However, CEE countries protested against her candidacy due to her “soft” stance toward Russia. The end-August summit is also supposed to approve the candidates for EU commissioners. Member states were asked to name their candidates before the end of July.