When the Amsterdam Treaty came into force, he briefly became the first High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy but a month later made way for Javier Solana at the Cologne European Summit.
当阿姆斯特丹条约生效时，他短暂成为第一个欧盟外交和安全政策高级代表，但一个月后作出的索拉纳在科隆的欧洲峰会的方式。