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	EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN POLICY
		Although the individual EU Member States still retain their own foreign policies, the EU provides a platform from which the Member States can more persuasively advocate their common agenda.
		In 1999, EU leaders agreed upon a common European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) within the overall framework of the CFSP to develop capacities to undertake security-related operations, such as peacekeeping, monitoring and conflict prevention.
		In 2004, the EU also launched a European Neighborhood Policy, inviting countries bordering the Union to share in the peace, stability and prosperity enjoyed in the EU.
	www.eurunion.org /policyareas/foreignpolicy.htm (499 words)

	Introduction- CFSP
		For a single EU foreign policy to be developed, a logical requirement is the resignation of those seats in favor of a single EU seat on the Council.
		Foreign and defense policy issues today are much less clear cut and straight-forward, because the nature of threats to the member states is no longer simple and uniform across all states (e.g.
		If a single EU foreign and defense policy is to emerge one or the other of these orientations will probably have to be made subordinate to the other.
	www.unc.edu /depts/europe/conferences/eu/Cfsp/cfsp6.html (972 words)

	CAP - Aktuell - Positionen - Reassessing EU foreign policy
		However, the EU is not considered as a foreign policy heavy weight, and the United States demonstrated quite clearly that it is they that control and execute the fight against terrorism.
		Analysing EU foreign policy furthermore implies respecting the internal dynamics of the EU and the mechanisms that influence the decision-making process.
		On the other hand, the traditional civilian aspects of the EU's foreign policy, including non-military crisis management should be brought closer to the Community method as the resources necessary to implement them are to be found mainly in the area of today's Community competences.
	www.cap.uni-muenchen.de /aktuell/positionen/2002_05_sep11.htm (3233 words)

	WWF - Integrating energy and climate issues with EU foreign policies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Energy and climate policy concerns have been added as key element to the emerging EU foreign policy agenda: particularly the security of supply, reduction of energy import bills, competitiveness, the promotion of renewable energies and energy efficiency, as well as the climate policies.
		The result is that comprehensive and preventive foreign policy approaches are insufficiently translated into the concrete decision-making in EU energy and climate policy, and vice versa, foreign policies still fail to adequately reflect modern energy policy approaches as well as the overriding concern to avoid dangerous climate change.
		The EU is playing a key role in international climate and energy agreements and processes such as the UN-FCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, particularly on the upcoming "post-2012" international climate regime negotiations.
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/where_we_work/europe/what_we_do/epo/initiatives/climate/eu_foreign_policy/index.cfm (701 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| New force behind EU foreign policy
		The move is part of a wider trend in EU external policy which is seeing more and more co-operation, raising the issue of how far member states want to control their own policies and how far they will be willing to act together.
		For foreign policy, an agreed treaty change would mean the creation of a "Foreign Minister", though the name is unlikely to survive as the British especially think that a "minister" implies a government.
		The process was given a big kick by a Blair-Chirac agreement in St Malo in 1998 for an EU "capacity for autonomous action", but this being the EU of course, matters have proceeded quite slowly.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/6441417.stm (1446 words)

	Common Foreign & Security Policy (CFSP) - Overview
		The Council and the Commission are jointly responsible for ensuring consistency of EU external activities as a whole, in the context of its external relations, security, economic and development policies.
		As the network of Commission delegations is wider than the foreign embassy system of many of the Member States, they will sometimes be the sole representative of the EU in a country and in these cases their representative role for the EU as a whole increases.
		The HR assists the Presidency in the external representation of the EU and assists the Council in the implementation of policy decisions in CFSP matters.
	ec.europa.eu /comm/external_relations/cfsp/intro (2320 words)

	Justifying EU Foreign Policy: The Logics Underpinning EU Enlargement
		Justifications of the EU’s foreign policy have two addressees: the first is internal to the EU and consists of the member states and their citizens, the second is external and consists of non-member states and their citizens.
		It is often argued that this approach is particularly suited to studies of foreign policy issues (as opposed to domestic political issues), because of the assumption of international anarchy.
		As long as foreign policy is conceived of as a policy that seeks to protect the territorial integrity of a unitary state, it might be possible to argue that we do not need more than the logic of consequences to understand it.
	www.arena.uio.no /publications/wp01_1.htm (8597 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| EU hardens foreign policy
		The EU's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, wants global security threats to be tackled by what he calls "pre-emptive engagement" backed by increased military capabilities.
		His recommendations are intended to form the basis for a formal and comprehensive foreign and security policy.
		The policy paper says states which violate international norms should realise there will be a price to pay in terms of their relations with the EU.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3007538.stm (304 words)

	Shifting EU foreign policy into higher gear. Toespraak van Karel De Gucht in het Europacollege te Brugge
		Development cooperation policies have gained a lot of weight; agreements can be concluded on migration and movement of persons as much as on imports and exports; and there is a broad external competence in matters of environmental policy, social policy and monetary policy.
		Diverging foreign policy objectives on key international issues are one part of the explanation, where obviously the case of Iraq comes to mind.
		A fourth and final challenge for EU foreign policy is the tendency toward the creation of 'directoires' and other restricted groups of member states that act outside or at the margins of the EU framework.
	www.diplomatie.be /nl/press/speechdetails.asp?TEXTID=59487 (2717 words)

	EUROPA - Activities of the European Union - Foreign and Security Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The idea that the European Union should speak with one voice in world affairs is as old as the European integration process itself.
		But the Union has made less progress in forging a common foreign and security policy over the years than in creating a single market and a single currency.
		The geopolitical changes following the collapse of communism, and the outbreak of regional crises in the Balkans and beyond, have led EU members to redouble their efforts to speak and act as one.
	europa.eu.int /pol/cfsp/index_en.htm (246 words)

	Is a historic shift in EU foreign policy underway?
		EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana reported on September 10th having made "significant progress" in talks held with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani about how to break out of the impasse over Tehran's insistence on continuing its uranium-enrichment program.
		The EU realizes distancing itself from the US is beneficial to its long term goal which is to see the European Union soar past the United States as a global superpower, which Bible prophecy tells us is going to take place.
		While the EU is still singing the praises of the Quartet's roadmap to peace, it is positioning itself as the sole voice capable of being heard by both sides of the conflict, leaving the door wide open for a leader of Roman descent to confirm peace "with many" as prophesied in Daniel 9:26-27.
	www.rapturealert.com /2006/091506eushift.asp (588 words)

	EJP \| News \| EU’s foreign policy chief Javier Solana back to Mideast arena
		“Such a government would be a key factor for allowing the EU to pursue its goal of strengthening the capacity of Palestinian institutions.,” said a press release issued after a meeting of the 25 EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Tuesday.
		EU foreign ministers also decided that EU’s policy chief Javier Solana will travel to the Middle East next week to try and ease current tensions between Israelis and Palestinians and between Palestinian factions.
		European Union foreign ministers endorsed plans Tuesday to send EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana to the Middle East to assess efforts in trying to revive the stalled Middle East peace process.
	www.ejpress.org /article/news/11137 (481 words)

	"The EU's Premier Foreign Policy Is Enlargement" \| Europe \| Deutsche Welle \| 09.02.2007 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In terms of power, the EU is not more than the sum of its parts, which is what it was supposed to do in terms of foreign policy.
		Above all, the EU's premier foreign policy is enlargement, which at very little cost and to great advantage has transformed vast areas of Europe and even the European neighborhood.
		So the point is to ensure coherence in EU policies in these issues, so that the member states' internal policies and the EU's foreign policy are working together rather than duplicating each other's efforts.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,,2342113,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf (1725 words)

	BlogEuropa.eu » Binary foreign policy
		I used to say that Enlargement is the most effective foreign policy tool the EU has at its disposal.
		So, the problem with EU foreign policy is that it is binary, i.e., it has only two values: “0″ and “1″.
		As enlargement is the only positive value of this binary variable called EU foreign policy, it is no wonder that we are tempted to solved all problems by way of a “membership-if-and-when-you-behave” foreign policy.
	rodas.ngsec.com /2006/06/19/binary-foreigh-policy (625 words)

	EU's foreign policy chief arrives in Ethiopia - EUbusiness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana arrived in the Ethiopian capital late Friday for talks with regional leaders on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region and developments in Somalia.
		Solana is expected to express EU backing for the peaceful reunification of the country and the reconstruction of the state in Somalia, which would contribute to regional stability and security.
		The EU has not yet taken an official position on whether to recognise the new Somali president.
	www.eubusiness.com /afp/041023030402.uw98zdd0 (500 words)

	EU Foreign Policy Chief in Middle East on Diplomatic Mission \| NEWS \| Deutsche Welle \| 11.08.2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana is visiting the Middle East for the third time since fighting between Hezbollah and Israel began a month ago, in further attempts to secure a peace deal.
		Calls for an immediate end to hostilities by EU foreign ministers have been muffled by allies of the United States -- Britain, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and Denmark -- in an effort to maintain diplomatic relations.
		The European Union says it wants to have a common foreign policy, but is deeply split over the Middle East crisis.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,2144,2129319,00.html (653 words)

	Finland slams EU foreign policy leaks
		He went on to write that the leaks have a negative influence on the EU's foreign policy capabilities and encourage member states to act outside the EU's formal decision-making structure.
		In the article, Mr Tuomioja lambasted EU ministers for acting in their national interests and for preparing for EU summits as if they were facing "difficult negotiations with countries with a potentially hostile attitude".
		He also criticised EU officials for giving comments to media prematurely and the media for publishing "coloured and national contradictory reports on how decisions were made which many ministers often find very difficult to recognize as a description of the meeting they have themselves participated in".
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article14450.htm (393 words)

	Transatlantic Visions [TIES]
		Everything is on the table for revision and that is good as the EU's flawed foreign policy architecture experienced a collapse during the tense moments of the past few months.
		As an EU official complained at the height of the Iraq crisis, "Nobody cared about Europe." National self-interest will remain the engine of the EU's foreign policy even after the constitutional revision is concluded, ensuring an ineffective global presence.
		In foreign policy terms, the EU was not a factor in persuading the United States to amend its approach toward Iraq.
	www.tiesweb.org /dialogues/vision/archives/B_Murphy4.php3 (807 words)

	EU foreign policy
		Thus the EU has embarked on military missions under the European Security and Defence Policy (see security and defence page), negotiated with Iran over its nuclear programme and become increasingly influential in parts of its neighbourhood.
		The institution of the rotating presidency leads to a lack of continuity and expertise in EU foreign policy, and is viewed with contempt by many of the EU's partners.
		The result was a policy brief by Charles Grant and Mark Leonard published in July 2006, 'How to strengthen EU foreign policy'.
	www.cer.org.uk /foreign_pol_new/index_foreign_pol_new.html (548 words)

	SCADPlus: The common foreign and security policy: introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The objectives of EPC were also extended to all foreign policy issues of general interest, and with the entry into force of the Single Act in 1987, 17 years after its launch, EPC obtained its own legal basis.
		Moreover, many EU agreements such as PHARE, TACIS, CARDS and MEDA are based on the acquis of the UN, the OSCE and the Council of Europe, which is why the EU is appreciated for its added value.
		Furthermore, the EU Member States, which are all members of the UN, have coordinated their actions within the UN since 1992 in order to demonstrate the will of the European Union.
	europa.eu.int /scadplus/leg/en/lvb/r00001.htm (4393 words)

	U.S.-EU Foreign Policy Cooperation
		Last December, we welcomed the EU's leadership in the launching of its "Operation Althea" in Bosnia, which also demonstrated a successful implementation of the Berlin-plus agreements between NATO and the EU.
		In Ukraine, the U.S. and the EU consulted closely during the presidential election campaign and especially following the flawed November first-round vote, and we applauded efforts by many EU leaders to resolve the post-election crisis.
		The U.S. and the EU are close partners within the Quartet, alongside the United Nations and Russia, in the pursuit of peace in the Middle East.
	www.state.gov /p/eur/rls/fs/42563.htm (528 words)

	EJP \| News \| France \| EU foreign policy failed on Lebanon, Chirac says
		The EU’s High Representative for foreign and security policy, Javier Solana, flew to Lebanon at the height of the conflict in July but the Finnish EU presidency ignored Chirac’s plea to give the unofficial EU foreign minister special powers in the Mideast crisis.
		According to diplomatic sources in Brussels, Britain was unwilling to let Solana negotiate for the whole bloc because there was no unanimity on how to handle the crisis, while other EU states were afraid of losing control in foreign policy areas.
		EU foreign ministers, who met last Friday in Brussels with UN Secretary General Koffi Annan, agreed to provide almost 7,000 troops to the UN peacekpeeing force, known as Unifil, in southern Lebanon.
	www.ejpress.org /article/10519 (589 words)

	Telegraph Blogs: Foreign: David Rennie: August 2006: Paper tigers and EU foreign policy
		The EU’s high representative on Javier Solana has an extraordinary interview in El Pais today, saying that the EU position on the crisis is that only a return to pre 1967 borders can guarantee a lasting peace.
		It seems the EU finds it much easier to be nice to undemocratic governments than to democratically elected ones that it happens to disagree with on foreign policy.
		Nevertheless the aim of Maastricht is to have the EU speaking with one voice on foreign policy.
	blogs.telegraph.co.uk /foreign/davidrennie/aug06/papertigers.htm (17118 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Energy security tops EU's foreign policy agenda
		European Union (EU) foreign policy-makers on Thursday said that securing oil and gas supplies is a top priority of the 25-nation bloc's foreign policy.
		In a paper to be discussed by the ongoing EU summit, EU executive European Commission and Javier Solana, secretary general of the European Council, said the energy-hungry bloc must work on an array of diplomatic fronts to meet its growing energy needs.
		The report, spotlighting some of the union's key energy priorities in the coming years, says EU governments must back up their national energy policies through joint action to forge stronger partnerships with energy-exporting nations, including Russia.
	english.people.com.cn /200606/16/eng20060616_274512.html (279 words)

	Germany's Fischer Touted for Top EU Foreign Policy Job (Extreme barf alert)
		An EU constitutional convention led by former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing last week presented a blueprint for reforming the Union’s major institutions in time for its expansion by 10 new countries next year.
		Besides revamping the EU’s rotating presidency and streamlining the European Commission, one of the convention’s key proposals calls for the creation of a European foreign minister to conduct the bloc's common foreign, security and defense policies.
		Crucial to determining to Fischer’s future professional plans could be a meeting of EU foreign ministers on the Greek island of Rhodes this weekend.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/904689/posts (1152 words)

	Common Foreign & Security Policy (CFSP) - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Council and the Commission are jointly responsible for ensuring consistency of EU external activities as a whole, in the context of its external relations, security, economic and development policies.
		As the network of Commission delegations is wider than the foreign embassy system of many of the Member States, they will sometimes be the sole representative of the EU in a country and in these cases their representative role for the EU as a whole increases.
		The HR assists the Presidency in the external representation of the EU and assists the Council in the implementation of policy decisions in CFSP matters.
	europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/cfsp/intro/index.htm (2320 words)

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		EU foreign policy chief says he feels peace process is being stalled; adds he expects both sides to speed up Road Map.
		EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana said Thursday during a meeting with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in Tel Aviv that as far as Europe is concerned, the Road Map still exists and must be implemented by both sides immediately.
		According to the EU envoy, this situation was creating hunger and frustration, which eventually increase terror activities against Israel.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3319908,00.html (766 words)

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