Original scientific paper
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE: THE EU IN SEARCH OF A STRONGER ROLE ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE
Juan Santos Vara
Abstract
The Lisbon Treaty introduces major reforms to the external action of the European Union. The creation of the European External Action Service (EEAS) is one of the most important of these innovations, carried out with a view to improving the effectiveness, consistency and visibility of the Union on the international stage. The search for greater coherence between the different fields of external action and between these and other EU policies is in fact one of the most important underlying reasons for the institutional reforms introduced by the Lisbon Treaty. The objective of this paper is to analyse the main points of interest raised by the creation of the EEAS, in order to determine to what degree the organisation and functioning of the EEAS will contribute to improving the coherence and effectiveness of the external action of the European Union.
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94669
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Publication date:
1.11.2011.
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