European Union Committee
Europe in the world: Towards a more effective EU foreign and security strategy
8th Report - published 16 February 2016 - HL Paper 97
Contents
Chapter 2: Strategy making in the European Union
Conclusions and recommendations
Conclusions and recommendations
Conclusions and recommendations
Chapter 3: External and internal context
Russia and the return of geopolitics
Fragile states in the Middle East and North Africa
The refugee and migration crisis: an inadequate response
Conclusions and recommendations
Internal context: economic weakness and internal tensions
Eurozone crisis and economic power
Conclusions and recommendations
The ‘herbivorous’ power: political reluctance and reduced
capability
Chapter 4: The foreign and security policy objectives of the Union
Case study: EU policy on Turkey—strategic disarray
Conclusions and recommendations
The balance between a transformational or transactional foreign policy
Case study: values in the Middle East and North Africa
Redrawing the balance between values and interests
Conclusions and recommendations
A foreign and security policy in the wider neighbourhood
EU policy on Russia: in need of a strategy
Conclusions and recommendations
Eastern neighbourhood: clarify the policy on enlargement
Conclusions and recommendations
Southern neighbourhood: the golden thread of good governance
Conclusions and recommendations
Chapter 5: The ways and means of a strategy
Flexible, decisive and timely action: ad hoc groups of Member
States
Anglo-German Initiative in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Methodology for ad hoc groupings
Conclusions and recommendations
Case study: Syria—an ad hoc group?
Box 1: Syria: The Vienna Process
Conclusions and recommendations
Improved decision-making: recalibration of the EU institutions
Conclusions and recommendations
Co-ordinating the Commission instruments: the role of the
European External Action Service
Conclusions and recommendations
Using the Commission instruments strategically
Functional and differentiated approach
Sensitivity to local conditions
Trade agreements and economic partnerships
Conclusions and recommendations
Case study: Tunisia and Libya—security sector reform
Conclusions and recommendations
Leveraging military capabilities
Conclusions and recommendations
The Common Security and Defence Policy
Conclusions and recommendations
Case study: UK contribution to CSDP
Analytical and assessment capabilities
Conclusions and recommendations
Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and Declarations of Interest
Appendix 4: Evidence taken during the visit to Brussels
Appendix 5: Common Security and Defence Policy Missions
Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk/review-eu-foreign-policy and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7129 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.