Values in the European Union's foreign policy: an analysis and assessment of CFSP Declarations

Paul James Cardwell

Values in the European Union's foreign policy: an analysis and assessment of CFSP Declarations

Paul James Cardwell

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Abstract

Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Declarations have become one of the main ways in which the EU makes its voice heard on the global stage. Declarations do not have a basis in the Treaty but are the product of close cooperation between the Member States. Their frequency has increased to the extent that they are a stable, regular and institutionalized feature of the CFSP. When placed in the context of the EU?s institutional foreign policy arrangements, Declarations can be understood as an integral part of the progress of forging a common foreign policy for the EU and they should not merely be regarded as empty words. In particular, Declarations represent a significant delegation of authority for the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy to speak for Europe. This article examines the scope and content of the CFSP Declarations issued over the period 2007-2015 by the Council and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. By classifying Declarations according to type, ?target? and subject matter, the article suggests that Declarations have become a specific instrument in their own right and reflect a core set of values the EU has pursued via the CFSP.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	601-621
Number of pages	21
Journal	European Foreign Affairs Review
Volume	21
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2016
Externally published	Yes

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School of Law, University of Sheffield, UK. Email: [email protected]. I would like to thank Tamara Hervey, Kostas Kourtikakis, Adam White and the anonymous reviewers for their very helpful comments. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Symposium on European Union Governance, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 5 October 2013. I am also grateful to Simon Banks, Matthew Flintoff, Charlotte Page and Claire Yau for valuable research assistance. Any remaining errors are my own. Most notably, by C. Hill, The Capability-Expectations Gap, or Conceptualizing Europe’s International Role, 31(3) J. Com. Mkt. Stud. 305–328 (1993).

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common foreign and security policy
European Union
EU member states

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