The EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy in Germany and the UK

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Still Governing in the Shadows? Member States and the Political and Security Committee in the Post‐Lisbon EU Foreign Policy Architecture*

“…Lisbon decisively upgraded this machinery. Its dramatic and far‐reaching reforms were intended to create a clear institutional focal point for ‘a new, more joined‐up approach to EU external relations’ (Wright, 2019, p. 226). One diplomat put it more prosaically: the aim of these far‐reaching reforms was to ensure greater coherence, continuity and coordination in EU foreign policy, thereby ending the ‘disconnect between money and politics’, i.e.…”

“…One diplomat put it more prosaically: the aim of these far‐reaching reforms was to ensure greater coherence, continuity and coordination in EU foreign policy, thereby ending the ‘disconnect between money and politics’, i.e. between the Commission and the Council (Wright, 2019, p. 236). The data here indicates the need to ensure there are sufficient – and sufficiently influential – venues for the ‘politics’ rather than focusing too much on ‘money’ alone.…”

“…The EEAS was intended as ‘the show‐piece of a new, more joined‐up approach to EU external relations’ post‐Lisbon (Wright, 2019, p. 226). Hemra et al .…”