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Catherine Ashton

(1956) Politician

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Catherine Ashton is a politician.

Quick Facts About Catherine Ashton

Born: March 20, 1956
Profession: Politician

About Catherine Ashton

[Wikidata] British politician (born 1956)... | [Wikipedia] Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland is 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.

Quotes by Catherine Ashton

In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of…

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Belief

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I'm not interested in the limelight.

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Interested

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Foreign policy is about trying to deliver for them the best possible economic benefits, the chance to travel, to study, to work,…

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Able

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Judge me on what I do and I think you will be pleased and proud of me.

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Judge me

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In foreign policy, there are times when speaking with one voice - and it doesn't have to be mine - allows us…

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Better

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Am I an ego on legs? No I am not. Do I want to be seen out there all the time saying…

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Ego

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

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Consensus

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I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman…

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British

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Im not interested in the limelight.

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Inspirational

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I am proud of the fact that women have been recognised as being as capable, as able to do the senior jobs…

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Able

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