The European Union’s New Foreign Policy (The European Union in International Affairs)

Bringing together a stellar line-up of distinguished EU practitioners and LSE faculty members, Martin Westlake's edited collection makes a timely contribution to better understanding the current challenges - and opportunities - for the EU's external action ten years after the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty. " --Sieglinde Gstöhl, Director, EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies, College of Europe, Belgium "European foreign policy is a constantly moving object. As such, the perspective of those who practise it daily is key. Through the views of high-level European officials alongside the framing of top academics in the field, this book is a must-read for anyone wishing to understand the complexity of the EU's role in the world." --Nathalie Tocci, Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy "The EU is not a foreign policy actor fully formed, but it is one in the making. So far, its record is mixed, and yet the EU's potential for influence is impressive. The key is to know where to look. Martin Westlake has drawn together an outstanding group of practitioners with a wealth of institutional as well as intellectual experience. Their insights make essential reading for anyone looking to understand the European Union's world role." --Erik Jones, Professor of European Studies and International Political Economy, and Director of European and Eurasian Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA This volume brings together senior practitioners and academic specialists to consider how the EU's new foreign policy has been evolving and how the various actors are maintaining the holistic approach intended by the draftsmen of the 2009 Lisbon Treaty. Martin Westlake is a visiting professor at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK, and at the College of Europe, Belgium. He was David Davies of Llandinam Research Fellow in the Department of International Relations, LSE, 2018-2019. He has published widely on British and EU politics and institutions. . Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvii Introduction: The European Union’s New Foreign Policy (Martin Westlake)....Pages 1-19 Front Matter ....Pages 21-21 Championing Multilateralism (Christian Leffler)....Pages 23-32 The Positive Narrative on Human Rights (Stavros Lambrinidis)....Pages 33-43 Values and Interests in Post-Lisbon European Union Foreign Policy (Patrick Costello)....Pages 45-57 Working Together for a Safer World (Pedro A. Serrano de Haro)....Pages 59-90 Trade in Turbulent Times (Maria Åsenius)....Pages 91-105 The Growing Role of the European Parliament as an EU Foreign Policy Actor (Myriam Goinard)....Pages 107-124 A Cultural Superpower? The European Union’s Venture in Cultural Diplomacy (Gijs de Vries)....Pages 125-138 Creating and Managing a New Diplomatic Service (Gianmarco Di Vita)....Pages 139-150 Front Matter ....Pages 151-151 Looking After the Neighbourhood (Johannes Noack)....Pages 153-164 The European Union’s Pivot to Africa (Koen Vervaeke)....Pages 165-175 The European Union’s Northern Window—A New View on the World (Marie-Anne Coninsx)....Pages 177-192 Front Matter ....Pages 193-193 The European Union’s New Climate Change Diplomacy: Innovating in Foreign Policy (Alexandra-Maria Bocse)....Pages 195-212 When Technology Becomes Geopolitics: The EU’s Response to Cyber Threats (Nele Eichhorn, Alina Nedea, Ulrik Trolle Smed)....Pages 213-233 Front Matter ....Pages 235-235 The European Union’s Post-Lisbon Foreign Policy Ten Years On (Karen E. Smith)....Pages 237-251 Afterword: The European Union’s New Foreign Policy—A Glass Half Full? (Martin Westlake)....Pages 253-265 Back Matter ....Pages 267-281 This book chapter considers the growing role of parliamentary diplomacy in the EU's new foreign policy. Following the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty in particular, the powers of the European Parliament in external relations have gradually expanded and its influence over the foreign policy of the European Union continues to grow-indeed, it has become a characteristic aspect of the EU's new foreign policy. So, in what ways has the European Parliament become an international actor and what is its growing role outside the EU territory across different policy areas including human rights, international aid, trade, crisis management and the environment? What about the European Parliament's regional interactions? And how is this growing parliamentary diplomacy subsumed within, and coordinated with, the EU's overall foreign policy whilst respecting due institutional political autonomy?