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.

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

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.

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.

I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative.

Im not interested in the limelight.

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.