The EU's foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton maps out her vision for the next five years

The European Union's first high representative for foreign affairs has marked her first 100 days in office by laying out a stark choice for the EU - saying it must pull together in foreign policy or be sidelined by China and India. Speaking to the EU parliament - Britain's Catherine Ashton said Europe was declining as a world power and losing influence. Europe's share of the world's population has fallen dramatically from a quarter a century ago to just 7 percent, and its share of global output lags behind Asian powers.