II.F.27 JOINT DECLARATION BY THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, AND THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY
The Court of Justice of the European Union shall not have jurisdiction with respect to the provisions relating to the common foreign and security policy nor with respect to acts adopted on the basis of those provisions.
The 1999 Kosovo crisis has forced the European Union to finally give concrete form to its ambitions in the sphere of the common foreign and security policy. At a time when agreement on defence issues seems out of reach, the member states' focus is on the development of a crisis management capability. It is argued that when the Union's diplomatic structures are complemented with military and civilian crisis response tools, much needed balance will be given to the Union's persona as an economic giant and a political dwarf. The article includes a number of measures which should be taken with a view to reinforcing and extending the Union's external role in this field.
The Pact on Stability in Europe as a joint Action of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union
