mo4ch:>US downgraded EU ambassador’s diplomatic status, ‘forgot’ to tell Brussels – report | Mo4ch News

The Trump administration quietly downgraded the diplomatic status of the European Union’s mission to the US late last year, without informing the diplomats themselves, a German report has revealed.The European Union’s delegation to the US, which had previously enjoyed nation-state ambassador status, was reduced to “international organization” sometime in late October or early November 2018, EU officials told German outlet Deutsche Welle, which first reported the storyAdding insult to injury, nobody notified the mission of the change – which became evident at the state funeral of former President George H. W. Bush, in early December.READ MORE: ‘Germany can’t accept being treated like an occupied country’ – Former Chancellor SchroederDuring the ceremony, EU ambassador David O'Sullivan was not called up in the usual order of precedence – which goes from the longest-serving to the newest ambassador – which would have put him among the first 20 or 30. Instead, he was called up last amo…