The explosion of violence in Kiev caught by surprise the EU Commission, and especially the External Action services (EEAS), the embryo of an EU foreign ministry. In Brussels on Thursday, officials were at a loss as to the right attitude to follow. With the president of the Commission Jose Manuel Barroso in Davos, and the enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule on a trip to Moldova, the burden was let on the shoulders of the various press officers to make vague announcements about unspecified...