Catherine Ashton
Catherine Ashton
Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, GCMG, PCis a British Labour politician who served as the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and First Vice President of the European Commission in the Barroso Commission from 2009 to 2014...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 March 1956
looks policy consensus
I look for the consensus because the consensus drives the policy into new places.
thinking judging proud
Judge me on what I do and I think you will be pleased and proud of me.
ego legs want
Am I an ego on legs? No I am not. Do I want to be seen out there all the time saying everything? No, I don't.
enables foreign mine speaking
In foreign policy, there are times when speaking with one voice - and it doesn't have to be mine - allows us to engage better on issues, and enables us to do things more effectively.
limelight not-interested
Im not interested in the limelight.
senior jobs men
I am proud of the fact that women have been recognised as being as capable, as able to do the senior jobs in Europe as any man.
proud firsts british
I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative.
rights people democracy
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.