Policymaking
This section considers resources to analyse EU foreign policy-making. This is characterized by a complex mixture of different policy-making regimes and actors, as foreign policy is not only pursued through the Union's former second pillar (CFSP/ESDP) but also through its former first (Community) pillar, and is predominantly a shared competence between the EU and its Member States. The resources under this section provide information on this complexity of competences, decision-making, voting procedures and the financing of EU foreign policy.
EU-Links
Provides acces to European Union Law. You can search the Official Journal and access the Treaty texts.
Here you can find the latest and old issues of the Official Journal of the European Union, which hold information on the legislative work of the EU.
This database on inter-institutional procedures follows the major stages of the decision-making process between the Commission and the other institutions: stage of the procedure, decisions of the institutions, persons' names, services responsible, references of documents …etc. It monitors the works of the various institutions involved (European Parliament, Council, ESC, Committee of the Regions, European central Bank, Court of Justice, etc.). Use the search function.
Contains summaries about major policy areas with legislative follow-up, a list of legislation in force, and citations to national implementing legislation. For a subject approach, browse the summaries of legislation. The fact sheets provide summaries with links to full text and follow up and legislative proposals. (For the most recent updates see European Commission's sites)
This site provides an overview of the activities of the EU in the
domain of External Relations and CFSP: actors, treaties and legislation.
Literature
Wessel, R. A. (1999) The European Union's Foreign and Security Policy. A Legal Institutional Perspective. The Hague: Kluwer Law International.
Schimmelfennig, F. and Wagner, W. (2004) ‘Special Issue - External Governance in the European Union’, Journal of European Public Policy, 11(4), 657-758.
Lenaerts, K., & Van Nuffel, P. (2005) Constitutional Law of the Europan Union. London: Sweet & Maxwell.
Elgström, O. & C. Jönsson (Eds.) (2005) European Union Negotiations. Processes, Networks and Institutions. London: Routledge.
Lenaerts, K. and Van Nuffel, P. (2005) Constitutional Law of the European Union. London: Sweet & Maxwell Limited (particularly: ‘Part VI: The External Relations of the European Union’).
Duke, S., & Vanhoonacker, S. (2006) 'Administrative governance and CFSP'. In H. C. H. Hofmann & A. H. Türk (Eds), EU Administrative Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 361-387.
Stetter, S. (2007) EU Foreign and Interior Policies. Cross-pillar Politics and the Social Construction of Sovereignty. London: Routledge.
Thomas, D. C. (2009) (ed.), Special Issue: The Negotiation of EU Foreign Policy. International Politics, 46(4), 335-504.
Wagnsson, Charlotte, and James Sperling, (eds.) (2009) European Security Governance: The EU in a Westphalian World. London: Routledge.
Thomas, Daniel C. (2011). Making EU foreign Policy. National preferences, European Norms and Common Policies. Hampshire: palgrave MacMillan.
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