EURR 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Foreign Affairs Council, European Central Bank, European Debt Crisis

• School: Carleton University
• Department: European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
• Course: EURR 2002

Document Summary

Week 3 - foreign policy decision-making in the eu. Part 1: eu foreign policy institutions and competencies: a complicated affair. Common foreign and security policy (cfsp), i. e. diplomatic activities of the eu, political aspects of eu relations with other countries or regions. Common security and defense policy (cdsp), e. g, crisis management, through civilian or military missions abroad. Eu external action", e. g. enlargement, trade policy, development cooperation, humanitarian aid, sanctions, international agreements. I. e. policies that relate to eu or member state domestic politics but have an external dimension, such as environmental or energy policies. European council (heads of states of the member states + pres of. Council or council of ministers, with ministers from the member states) European commission (executive branch of the eu) European court of the justice (like the constitutional court) Meets to consider crisis situations or major strategic directions (how to respond to annexation of crimea, the syrian crisis, the refugee crisis, eurozone problems,