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Carnegie Europe

Bridging the Gaps in EU Foreign Policy

Wed. July 8th, 2015
Carnegie Europe

Is the EU condemned to live with a permanently flawed foreign policy system? Six years after the Lisbon Treaty redesigned the EU’s external action framework, the union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy is still not living up to expectations. Is the gap between member states and the EU institutions unbridgeable? Or is there hope that these structural weaknesses can be overcome?

In his policy outlook, “The Path to an Upgraded EU Foreign Policy,” Carnegie’s Pierre Vimont maps out three key ways to make EU foreign policy work.

Vimont discussed his recommendations on how the EU can overcome the split nature of its foreign policy. He was joined by Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director and columnist at Le Monde, and Bruno Maçães, Portugal’s secretary of state for European affairs. Carnegie’s Jan Techau moderated.

Carnegie Europe is grateful to the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in making this event possible. The event is part of a wider project on how to improve the EU’s foreign policy machinery.

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Sylvie Kauffmann

Sylvie Kauffmann is editorial director and columnist at Le Monde.

Bruno Maçães

Bruno Maçães is Portugal’s secretary of state for European affairs.

Pierre Vimont

Pierre Vimont is a senior associate at Carnegie Europe.

Jan Techau

Jan Techau is the director of Carnegie Europe.

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Sylvie Kauffmann

Bruno Maçães

Nonresident Associate, Carnegie Europe

Maçães was a nonresident associate at Carnegie Europe. His research focuses on EU integration and foreign policy, trade policy, and broader globalization trends.

Jan Techau

Director , Carnegie Europe

Techau was the director of Carnegie Europe, the European center of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Techau works on EU integration and foreign policy, transatlantic affairs, and German foreign and security policy.

Pierre Vimont

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe

Vimont is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe. His research focuses on the European Neighborhood Policy, transatlantic relations, and French foreign policy.