The appointment of the Italian foreign minister, Federica Mogherini, as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has been widely questioned, owing to her limited executive experience in foreign policy. But, since the de facto invasion of Ukraine in late August, her government has changed its position on Russia, and she has sought to convince many critics that she knows the problems facing Europe well (her university thesis, for example, was about political Islam).
任命意大利外交部长费得利卡·莫格里尼（Federica Mogherini）为欧盟对外事务和安全政策高级代表受到了广泛的质疑，因为她在对外政策方面经验十分有限。但是，自8月乌克兰遭遇事实侵略以来，她的政府已经改变了对俄立场，她也成功地让许多批评者认为她十分清楚欧洲所面临的问题（比如，她的大学毕业论文就是关于伊斯兰政治的）。