The role and the interactions of the European Council and the council in the common foreign and security policy

Abstract

The rather recent entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty makes it very difficult, at this stage, to clearly detect what has changed in the interaction and the respective role of the Council and the European Council in defining and implementing the European Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). We are in a moment of transition, where many of the previous rules and habits are no more helpful, while the new ones are still developing.