European Union - John McCormick - Government

1. EU and the world
1. Foreign, defence, economic policy
2. ACP

2. EU and the world I
• Food for thought (discuss with your
neighbour):
– Ideally, how should the foreign policy look
like, primarily EU level or national level;
soft or powerful?
– How should the relationship be with poor
developing countries, aid & trade, mostly
trade, mostly aid?

3. EU and the world II
• Organisation
– Commission: External relations  Trade
– High representative of Foreign affairs
– Council: general affairs, external relations
– Parliament: committee on international
trade

4. EU and the world III
• “Economic giant, political dwarf and
military worm”
• > 1992 CF(S)P
– Convergence of policy
– Weakness and division
• 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam
- High commissioner  FAC + EEAS

5. EU and the world IV
• Defence policy
– Atlanticists  Europeanists
– Petersberg tasks (p.203) are part of
‘Amsterdam’
– 2003: European Security Strategy
– Hard power  soft power

6. EU and the world V
• Economic position
– Global number 1
– Why?
1. QMV
2. Commission acts on behalf of EU
– Example: WTO and its rulings

7. EU and the world, VI
• Development cooperation
• Lomé (1975 – 2000)
– Preferential access to EU market
– ACP
– Trade and aid (European Development
Fund)
– Mutual obligations  good governance

8. • African
members
ACP

9. EU and the world, VIII
•  Cotonou
– Reasons for change
• Historical ties less important
• 1989, opening of CEEC
• Increased importance of human rights
• Challenged effectiveness
• WTO: Lomé no longer allowed
• Complex conventions

10. EU and the world, IX
• React in groups of 2 to the statements
before end of class:
• The Eu should no longer focus on aid
towards the ACP countries, but on trade
• The EU should use its position as most
powerful economic entity more to force the
USA to concede in the WTO.