The Intergovernmental Constitution of the EU's Foreign, Security & Defence Executive

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Thym
Keyword(s):  
Security Policy ◽  
External Action ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Executive Order ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Defence Policy ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
Pillar Structure ◽  
The Eu

European Union – Common Foreign and Security Policy – Changes with the abolition of the pillar structure by the Lisbon Treaty – Common Security and Defence Policy – Executive order of the EU – Between supranationalism and intergovernmentalism – The role of the High Representative – Joint political leadership – The European External Action Service as an administrative infrastructure – Constitutionalisation of foreign affairs

scholarly journals Innovations in the foreign and security policy of the European Union after the Lisbon treaty

2010 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-417
Author(s):  
Zaklina Novicic
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
External Action ◽  
Lisbon Treaty ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Policy Success ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
Pillar Structure ◽  
New Procedures

The article deals with institutional innovations introduced with Lisbon Treaty in the EU common foreign and security policy. The pillar structure of EU was abolished, but main features of intergovernmental decision-making procedures and unanimity would de facto remain. That is the main structural constrain of a single and bolder European outbreak an international scene. An novelty is the some kind of presidentialization (personalization) of the field in the new posts of President of European Council and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. New procedures and structures are introduced also in a realm of Common Security and Defense Policy. A special hope of Eurocrats are put on the ongoing process of setting up new European External Action Serves as de facto new diplomatic service of the Union. However, there is the main paradox of the Lisbon arrangement in that it is supposed to confirm integration through foreign policy success at a same time when Europe is divided over a number of domestic as well as foreign policy issues, and all that at a time of the manifold global financial and economic crises.

17. The European Union’s Foreign, Security, and Defence Policies

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Dover ◽  
Anna Maria Friis Kristensen
Keyword(s):  
Security Policy ◽  
Maastricht Treaty ◽  
Lisbon Treaty ◽  
Political Cooperation ◽  
Defence Policy ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Common Security

This chapter examines the European Union's foreign, security, and defence policies. It begins with a discussion of the intergovernmental Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), established by virtue of the Maastricht Treaty, focusing in particular on the role of the member states and the EU institutions in the development of the policy. The forerunner to the CFSP was the European political cooperation. The chapter then considers the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), created by the Lisbon Treaty, and the gradual militarization of the EU. It concludes with an analysis of the range of military and civilian CSDP missions that the EU has undertaken to date.

13. The institutions of the Common Foreign and Security Policy:

2021 ◽  
pp. 299-320
Author(s):  
Ana E. Juncos
Keyword(s):  
Security Policy ◽  
External Action ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Institutional Politics ◽  
Defence Policy ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
The Common ◽  
Institutional Actors ◽  
The Eu

This chapter examines the institutional arrangements in the European Union’s (EU’s) Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). The chapter first charts the historical development of this policy, with foreign policy cooperation being one of the last policy areas to emerge at the EU level. Thus, many of the institutions operating in this area have only been recently established, including the High Representative, the European External Action Service, and many of the administrative bodies supporting the implementation of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy, which comprises the EU’s civilian and military operations. The chapter then analyses the main institutional actors involved in the CFSP, focusing on their ability to shape the decision-making and implementation of this policy. The following sections also examine the five dimensions of EU institutional politics and how these play out in this particular area, highlighting the key challenges the EU faces in becoming a fully fledged international actor.

19. The European Union’s Foreign, Security, and Defence Policies

2019 ◽  
pp. 281-294
Author(s):  
Anna Maria Friis ◽  
Ana E. Juncos
Keyword(s):  
Security Policy ◽  
Defence Policy ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
Subsequent Section ◽  
The Common ◽  
Security Actor ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Common Security ◽  
Common Policy

EU cooperation in foreign, security, and defence policy has developed rapidly since the launch of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) in the early 1990s. The first section of this chapter charts the first steps towards a common policy in this area, including the development of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and the gradual militarization of the EU. The chapter then reviews the key theoretical debates on the EU’s role as a foreign and security actor. The subsequent section analyses the main actors involved in the CFSP, focusing in particular on the role of the member states and EU institutions in the development of the policy. The next section of the chapter evaluates the range of military and civilian CSDP operations and missions that the EU has undertaken to date, before examining the key challenges that the EU faces in this area.

International Representation of the EU

2021 ◽  
pp. 24-56
Author(s):  
Jan Wouters ◽  
Frank Hoffmeister ◽  
Geert De Baere ◽  
Thomas Ramopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Security Policy ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Vice President ◽  
External Action ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
International Dispute ◽  
Judicial Proceedings ◽  
International Representation ◽  
The Eu

This chapter provides an overview of the specific provisions of the Treaties, secondary law, and practice that determine which actors are tasked to externally represent the Union in third states, international organizations, and international fora, as well as international dispute settlement mechanisms and diplomatic exchanges. It starts with the constitutional principles that govern the international representation of the EU, in particular the principles of sincere cooperation, consistency, and unity. Secondly, it delves into the institutional framework for the international representation of the EU, as simplified and rendered more continuous by the Treaty of Lisbon. Specific attention is given to the role of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission, and to the European External Action Service. The post-Lisbon practice on delivering statements in multilateral organizations is noted. The legal underpinnings of the diplomatic practice of the EU are considered in detail. Last but not least, the representation of the EU in international judicial proceedings is discussed.

scholarly journals Earth Observation for Security and Defence: The European Union Satellite Centre Experience and Future Views

2020 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
External Action ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Related Services ◽  
Satellite Centre ◽  
Defence Policy ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
The Common

The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen) was founded in 1992 under the framework of the Western European Union. Today it is a Council agency of the European Union. It supports decision-making and actions under the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), in particular the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). It thus provides the European External Action Service, as well as European Union crisis management missions and operations, products and services based on the exploitation of relevant space assets and collateral data, including satellite and aerial imagery, and related services. The Centre, under the operational direction of the High Representative for the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mrs Frederica Mogherini, is located in Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain. It has approximately 130 members of staff and a global budget of EUR 26 million.

scholarly journals Globalna strategia Unii Europejskiej: refleksja konstruktywistyczna

Politeja ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (55) ◽  
pp. 129-151
Author(s):  
Filip Tereszkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
External Action ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
Under Construction ◽  
The Eu

European Union Global Strategy: a Constructivist ReflectionThis paper examines the potential of a constructivist approach in analysing the European Union’s security strategy area. It focuses on the new EU Global Strategy (EUGS), which was adopted by the Council at the end of June 2016. First, the methodology is explained, followed by discussing the consequence of using the document’s language for EU identity. The paper then focuses on the new title of the strategy that shows a new approach to security strategies within the European External Action Service’s staff. The consequences of building a narrative about the “threatened” but also “needed” and “influential” European Union are underlined here. Furthermore, the new role of the EU in the international scene is described, focusing on the shift from the EU as a civilian power to the EU as a normal power, with an emphasis on the importance of the preservation of the EU as a normative power. The conclusions from using a constructivist approach to examine the EUGS are then presented, which show that mechanisms of the logics of appropriateness, consequence, and persuasion are observed within the document. Moreover, the language of the EUGS could have an influence on EU identity and role on the global stage. The constructivist approach proves that the EU external actions are continuously under construction, and the EUGS is the next step in achieving a more coherent and effective European foreign and security policy.

Europeanisation and Foreign and Security Policy – Undermining or Rescuing the Nation State?

Politics ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Major
Keyword(s):  
Security Policy ◽  
Political System ◽  
National Level ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Constitutive Process ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
Policy Fields ◽  
Intergovernmental Policy ◽  
The Eu

The article aims to explore the utility of Europeanisation as a concept to grasp the interactions between national and European levels. The article illustrates how the EU impacts on the national level of policy, polity and the politics of Member States and assesses how the role of nation states within the European political system has changed as a result. First, the existing definitions of Europeanisation are critically assessed, contextualised and delimited. Initially developed for communitised policy areas in the first pillar, Europeanisation is defined as an interactive, ongoing and mutually constitutive process of ‘Europeanising’ and ‘Europeanised’ countries, linking national and European levels. Defining Europeanisation as ‘domestic change’, the article then discusses mechanisms, objects and forms, as well as the criteria and conditions of change. The article subsequently seeks to clarify the validity of the Europeanisation concept in capturing the increasing interwovenness of national and European spheres in intergovernmental policy fields situated in the second pillar of the EU, that is, foreign and security policy. Inherent methodological challenges, mainly due to the deficient delimitation of Europeanisation and the intergovernmental character of this policy field are discussed as well as the particularities of its applicability in this unique policy area.

Italy and the politics of European defence: playing by the logic of multi-level networks

Modern Italy ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Foradori ◽  
Paolo Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
European Level ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Common Defence

SummaryThe article looks at the role of Italy in the decision-making arena of the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), analysing the initiatives it put in place to address and influence the construction of a common defence. The article aims to explain the ability or inability of Italy to build up a consensus around its proposals. By studying two initiatives in the field of European defence and security, it seeks to determine the factors which resulted in the differing outcomes of Italian actions at the European level.

scholarly journals Migration issues in the EU’s common foreign and security policy – selected aspects

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-59
Author(s):  
Tomasz Dubowski
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
External Action ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eu Foreign Policy ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Eu

In the discussion on the EU migration policy, it is impossible to evade the issue of the relation between this policy and the EU foreign policy, including EU common foreign and security policy. The subject of this study are selected links between migration issues and the CFSP of the European Union. The presented considerations aim to determine at what levels and in what ways the EU’s migration policy is taken into account in the space of the CFSP as a diplomatic and political (and subject to specific rules and procedures) substrate of the EU’s external action.

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