Adesão à Europa e Política Europeia

A More Political EU External Action: Implications of the New Treaty for the EU’s Relations with Developing Countries, por Eleonora Koeb

The Lisbon Treaty, signed after years of debate over the desirable degree of European political integration, reflects the latest phase in the gradual transformation of the EU from a rather inward-looking community into a global player. Bearing this in mind, this paper aims to provide an overview of the innovations in the Lisbon Treaty which, directly or indirectly, are likely to affect the EU’s relations with developing countries. The first section will examine the issues affecting the future use of development cooperation in the context of the EU’s wider external action and Common Foreign and Security Policy. The second part will look at how the changes could play out in practice, through changes in institutions and structures and in the implementation of policies, such as the recently launched Joint Africa-EU Strategy.