The EU Global Strategy: From Vision to Action, Brussels - Main contents
date | November 24, 2016 |
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city | Brussels, Belgium |
location | Vesalius College |
attending | F. (Federica) Mogherini i et al. |
organisation | European External Action Service (EEAS) i |
24/11/2016
Brussels
Vesalius College
This June HRVP Federica Mogherini presented the EU Global Strategy to the Union's heads of state and government. Since then, rapid steps have been taken towards implementing the strategy at a time of global turbulence. A major milestone was the Foreign Affairs Council of 14 November where Member States agreed on a common path to strengthen the Unions Security and Defence policy. This lecture will give insights into European strategy making in times of crisis and outline the concrete policy steps we can expect as a follow up to the strategy.
Find out more: http://www.vesalius.edu/epss-guest-lecture-series-eu-global-strategy-vis...
The External Action Service (EEAS) of the European Union is officially an autonomous body within the EU. It is in part the successor to the directorate general for external affairs of the European Commission, elements of Council's secretariat and supplemented by personnel from the member states. Its main task it to support the EU in making and implementing foreign and development policies. At the request of member states the EEAS acts as a diplomatic service.
The EEAS also co-ordinates EU activities such as the missions to Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. The European intelligence services is part of the EEAS as well.