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EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy and the role of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security

The European Security Strategy (ESS) was adopted by the European Council in 2003. It provides the conceptual framework for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Now, more than a decade after the adoption thereof, the world has changed dramatically. The European Council therefore decided to assess the challenges that come with these global challenges. In June 2015 the High Representative was asked to prepare a new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy (EUGS) that would be presented to the European Council by June 2016. Prior to analysing the opportunities that the new Global Strategy presents it is important that the paper determine the competences of and control mechanisms for the post that is in charge of strategic planning: the post of the High Representative (the HR). The Treaty of Lisbon brought substantial changes to the post of the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy that was created under the Treaty of Amsterdam. The High Representative was empowered with a number of new competences. Today, the High Representative is: Vice- President of the European Commission ; President of the Foreign Affairs Council ; Head of the European Defence Agency ; Head of the European External Action Service ; responsible for the European Union Special Representatives and participant in the meetings of the European Council when foreign affairs issues are discussed. The HR is appointed by the European Council and given a managing role within two other important EU institutions. Although the European Council can end the HR term of office acting by a qualified majority, the EU legislation does not define the legal requirements that can lead to this situation. Moreover, the Treaty does not provide for legal mechanisms that control the work of the High Representative. This leads to the question of who or what can control the person creating the Global Strategy of EU foreign policy This paper shall analyse the current legal regulation of the post of HR and propose possible solutions for the post of HR that can benefit EU legal order and EU as a global actor.

EU global strategy ; EU foreign policy ; EU institutions ; High Representative

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