Institutional innovation in the European Union and its impact on the nature of the EU as a security actor

  • Natividad Fernández Sola Universidad de Zaragoza
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-1-2015pp75-100
Keywords: European External Action Service (EEAS), working arrangements, EU’s military bodies, common security and defence policy, security actor

Abstract

This paper analyses the importance of the institutional framework for the EU’s consolidation as a security actor. The focus is on the EEAS as the main tool for the High Representative. It highlights some of the EEAS’s weaknesses revealed over time. These have an impact on the CSDP and, in general, on the foreign policy decision-making process. Formal review of the EEAS already started.

Received: 20 March 2015
Accepted: 27 May 2015
Published online: 15 April 2016

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Author Biography

Natividad Fernández Sola, Universidad de Zaragoza
Profesora Titular de Derecho Internacional y Relaciones Internacionales y profesora Jean Monnet de la Universidad de Zaragoza
Published
2015-10-31
How to Cite
Fernández Sola, Natividad. 2015. “Institutional Innovation in the European Union and Its Impact on the Nature of the EU As a Security Actor”. Deusto Journal of European Studies, no. 1 (October), 75-100. https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-1-2015pp75-100.
Issue
No. 1 (2015): SPECIAL ISSUE. Política Común de Seguridad y Defensa de la UE: innovación institucional y retos estratégicos
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