CIAO DATE: 08/2010
July 2010
Centre for European Policy Studies
What would the EU need to do to its external representation to be effectively equipped as a global international actor in the emerging multi-polar world? In general, an extensive ‘upgrade' of the EU's external representation is required, since the EU often languishes in the observer ranks even where its competences may be substantial. This is a highly complex field, however - politically, legally and institutionally - and any attempt to formulate operational recommendations will have to be finely tuned to many different specific situations.
Resource link: Looking afresh at the external representation of the EU in the international arena [PDF] - 189K