EU Constitution Factsheet: The Minister for Foreign Affairs

From: Hampton Roads International Security Quarterly | Date: July 15, 2005 | Copyright information

INTRODUCTION

Creating the post of Minister for Foreign Affairs was one of the main innovations of the Constitution. The purpose of introducing such a role was to make the European Union's external action more effective and coherent, the Minister for Foreign Affairs becoming in effect the voice of the Union's common foreign and security policy (CFSP).

The creation of the post of Minister for Foreign Affairs was discussed at length both by the members of the Convention and by the Inter-Governmental Conference (IGC) This institutional innovation is the result of merging the functions of the High ...

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