Author (Person) | Dennison, Susi |
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Publisher | European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) |
Series Title | Policy Brief |
Series Details | July 2015 |
Publication Date | 09/07/2015 |
Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog, News, Report |
The EU needs an honest assessment of its capabilities and to set limited goals behind which member states can show sustainable unity. 'The road back to European power', is published after the European Council’s green-light for stage two of Federica Mogherini’s global strategy review in June 2015, a review that ECFR experts support and have long called for. They assert that the EU can still act effectively in protection of its interests and values - provided that it is severely realistic in its approach. To this end, it recommends a strict prioritisation of the challenges Mogherini highlights in her report, with Russia and the Ukraine conflict and crises in the Middle East and North Africa as immediate priorities. To deal with the potential weaknesses of Europe’s internal dynamics of sometimes coinciding, sometimes clashing national interests, it recommends the creation of a group of member state representatives, who can act as an ‘intergovernmental convention’to map member state interests over the coming year. [EU leaders at the European Council in June 2015 called for an EU global strategy on foreign and security policy to be presented to the European Council by June 2016]. |
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Source Link | Link to Main Source http://ecfr.eu/page/-/ECFR_138_THE_ROAD_BACK_TO_EUROPEAN_POWER-Final.pdf |
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Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |
Countries / Regions | Europe |