What Has Grown Out of the Newcomers of the Lisbon Treaty – The Role of the High Representative and the European External Action Service in the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy in the Post-Lisbon Era?

Abstract

With the creation of the double-hatted High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR) and the creation of the EU’s first common diplomatic service, the European External Action Service (EEAS), the Treaty of Lisbon brought arguably the most essential changes for the functioning of the EU’s foreign policy since the launch of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. During the 10 years since the Treaty came into force, the EU has faced the deterioration of its security environment and a variety of external challenges that put the performance of the HR and the EEAS to the test. Thus, the last decade offers a relevant perspective to reflect to what extent these innovations have in fact influenced the functioning of the EU foreign and security policy. By examining the role of the High Representative and the EEAS in different policy areas and from various methodological angles, the panel aims to answer the tackle the following questions: 1. To what extent have the new actors contributed to the development of a more supranational logic in the EU’s external action? 2. How has the cooperation between them and the Member States and the European Commission worked out? 3. What were the policy areas, in which the HR and the EEAS could contributed the most and enhanced the coherence of the EU foreign and security policy, as they were expected to do by the Treaty of Lisbon? 4. To what extent have they changed the narrative and the content of EU's foreign and security policy?

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