The European Union as an actor in international relations

The European Security Strategy adopted in December 2003 by the European Union defines a normative setting and leading principles. As such, it is not a […]

The idea of a European Defense Agency (EDA) mainly developed outside of the European Communities, in specific defense or armament structures. It was created in […]

From the beginnings of the European integration process, the reinforcement of the part of Europe as a world actor has been a recurring expression : […]

This article assesses the current state of competition between the dollar and the euro. It presents the issues related to the « strong euro » […]

The outcomes of the Convention on the future of Europe are not meeting its initial ambition to put foreign, security and defence policy among the […]

On April 29th of this year, a group of European countries – Belgium, France, Germany and Luxemburg – gathered in Brussels to purpose some initiatives […]

The protocol can be defined as the symbolic order which expresses the political order. It is first a hierarchy which classifies actors and enforces legitimate […]

This paper examines how the EU deals with social issues connected to enlargement. It emphasises its exclusively juridical perception and the absence of public and […]

The Northern dimension, introduced during the European Council in Helsinki in 1999, holds now a choice position in the European Union’s exterior relations. This initiative […]

Two years after having assessed in Helsinki their global objective of approaching the autonomous management of crises within the particular framework of the Petersberg missions, […]