High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

The European Union is an organization unlike any other which includes an economic and political union between many different countries in Europe. It operates as a single institution with one foreign policy although it is composed of 28 individual countries with their own foreign policies. This paper, therefore, seeks to understand the institutional organization of the European Union in regards to foreign policy as well as provide an analysis of the actions the EU takes in its diplomacy. The EU has

von Rompuy and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton? The answer to this question is very debatable. Catherine Ashton obtains many functions, the most known is that she is the High representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security policy. But she is also the First Vice President of the European Commission and has many other duties such as chairing the Foreign Affairs council and representing the European Union in international

Herengracht 12-D, 2717DC Middelburg Dear Minister President, As a staff member of the Directorate-General of the European Commission I have been appointed to describe to you the composition and the powers of the Commission in the European Union. In the following paragraph I will describe the body of the Commission divided in three pillars: First you have the College of the Commissioners, then the Directorate-General (DGs) and lastly the cabinets. In the Third paragraph I will briefly describe

currency fails… Europe will fail, and, with it, the idea of European unity.” Merkel’s words preclude the diminishing consensus within European Union, no matter the attempts to solidify support within Europe. The 2008 Eurozone crisis has lead to distrust and unease in Europe. The Treaty of Lisbon (2009) was the re-organisation of the European Union policy-making structure after the pillar formation of the Treaty of Maastricht (1993). The Treaty of Lisbon, no matter how triumphantly proclaimed to the

To achieve an “ever closer Union” members of the European Union had to relinquish certain governance authorities to the Supranational Institutions of the European Unions. The accumulation of power in governance by the EU institutions over the past 50 years have shown that member states are willing to empower the Institutions in regards to their economic policies and social policies which had profound impact on the lives of the European citizens and raised their living standards dramatically. In order

towards Somalia Exam Question #3: What are the ends and associated ways and means of the Report on U.S. Strategy towards Somalia? Ends: The International community such as the International Contact Group, the African Union and the United Nations to assist with U.S. foreign policies in achieving a peaceful, stable and comprehensive Somalia by eliminating terrorist threats, promote political stability and by supporting the organization of a central government and provide humanitarian assistance to

INTRODUCTION: The European Union (EU) is a political and economic partnership that represents a unique form of cooperation among 28 member states. Formed through a series of binding treaties, the Union is latest in a process of integration begun after World War II in Europe to promote peace and economic prosperity. Its founders hoped that by creating specified areas in which member states agreed to share sovereignty firstly in coal and steel production, economics and trade, and nuclear energy, it

g8, and WTO, would be a hard task. Nevertheless, currently there is no concrete evidence for an alternative of the leadership South Africa has provided and can provide. This is the dilemma that Africa has found itself in.  South Africa as A Foreign Policy Actor A. Introduction A regional power is a state that has marginal power in its designated geographic region. A state known as a regional power holds the uncontested power influence within its region of the world, and through its power contains

The European Union (EU), as a supranational organization, has increased its stock of importance within the international realm through increased integration. Sector after sector has been targeted in attempts to create a more perfect union where all European member states are represented equally. That quest for deeper integration ultimately brought the founders of the EU at the threshold of defense and foreign policy. No one knows for sure the collective direction of the EU, only to say that the goals

In this assignment I will be assessing the democratic accountability of the European Union. I will begin by briefly describing the institutions, their functions, compositions and discuss how they work as check and balance system to ensure democratic accountability further to look on to how laws are made and what they are In order to establish whether or not the EU is in fact answerable to its citizens. The 4 main institutions in the EU are; The EU parliament, the Council of Ministers, the European