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European Parliament Study: Implementation of the Lisbon Treaty - Improving Functioning of the EU: Foreign Affairs
10 September 2016
"Foreign Affairs as field of EU action has very distinctive constitutional qualities. Its external powers are broad, encompassing not only traditional foreign policy, but also development cooperation and number of sectorial policies such as trade, transport and environment. The report provides an analysis of the changes in the constitutional and institutional framework brought about by the Lisbon Treaty and assess the implementation of those changes including obstacles to further improvement of its implementation."
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Implementation of the Lisbon Treaty - Improving Functioning of the EU: Foreign Affairs (pdf)