On the 13th July 2014, the Financial Times among other European newspapers reported that her nomination proposal had been opposed by some eastern European countries, including Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Poland, where her stance towards Russia concerning the Ukrainian crisis was considered to be too soft.
Отговаряла е най-вече за инициативите на италианската левица в Ирак, Афганистан и мирния процес в Близкия изток.