Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has been tipped as the EU’s new chief diplomat in the new top jobs package, but her tough stance on Russia remains an obstacle for some.
When EU leaders meet later this week (27-28 June) to decide who will take the EU’s most senior positions, Kallas will be in line to take over the top diplomat post from incumbent Socialist Josep Borrell.
Kallas, a second-generation politician after her father, fulfils the double criteria of liberal and Eastern European, which could then play in her favour, as the package deal this time around is widely seen as…
