The European External Action Service: Can a New Institution improve the Coherence of the EU Foreign Policy?

Christian Lequesne (1)

1 CERI - Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS)

The Treaty of Lisbon created the post of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP). Furthermore, Article 27 of the Treaty of Lisbon states the the High Representative "shall be assisted by an European External Action Service (EEAS)...

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Political science

Christian Lequesne. The European External Action Service: Can a New Institution improve the Coherence of the EU Foreign Policy?. Mario Telo; Frederik Ponjaert. The EU's Foreign Policy. What Kind of Power and Diplomatic Action?, Ashgate Publishing, pp.79 - 86, 2013. ⟨hal-03398169⟩