Add to ORKGOn 8 July, at its last session before the summer recess, the European Parliament adopted with an overwhelming majority (549 for, 78 against, and 17 abstentions) the report of Elmar Brok on the "Proposal for a Council decision establishing the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service." Thus the new diplomatic service can now become a reality. However, it seems that a genuine common EU foreign policy has receded even further into the distance. That is what Stefani Weiss from the Bertelsmann Stiftung wrote in our June 2010 edition of Spotlight Europe. Her analysis was greeted with acclaim both in Brussels and throughout the EU. We interviewed the EP negotiators on the EEAS, Elmar Brok (EEP) and Guy Verhofstadt (ALDE...
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The outbreak of the Greek crisis has prompted the European Union to set about designing a comprehens...
The European Citizens’ Initiative is a feature of the Treaty of Lisbon that many people have as yet ...
The EU is facing crucial external challenges for its present and future stability, security and pros...
The European External Action Service is now a reality, though a genuine common EU foreign policy has...
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall Europe has been restructured to form a new and united entity. Duri...
This Commentary argues that the EU should build up a world-class diplomatic corps, capable of becomi...
There is going to be a brand new euro, at least from 2013 onwards, and people are talking about the ...
This Commentary argues that the EU should build up a world-class diplomatic corps, capable of becomi...
The global financial crisis is forcing Europe to become an ever closer union. Governments are still ...
In order to ensure the stability of South East Europe, it is absolutely essential to resolve the Kos...
In economic terms the euro is a success. Now it is time to upgrade the po-litical importance of the ...
The European External Action Service has recently been under fire from many commentators. Stefan Leh...
The European policy of the forthcoming German government is bound to change, partly as a result of t...
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