ДИПЛОМАТИЈА ЕВРОПСКЕ УНИЈЕ
DIPLOMACY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the diplomatic system of the European Union in the context of diplomatic activities directed primarily outside the external borders of the Union. Аuthor links the analysis to the period after the adoption of the Treaty of Lisbon, keeping the analysis from the previous period only on the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the Union, and for the reason that the treaty generated a normative space for the establishment of the European External Action Service and the High Representative as a formal the most important modern diplomatic actors of this organization. The author also analyzes the European Council as a collegial body whose competence is the formation of the Union’s foreign policy. The author also reviews the Council оf the European Union. Finally, the author analyzes the position of the Union in the context of multilateral diplomacy. Although the author believes that the Lisbon reforms are a big step in the right direction, they are just that. The foundation provided by this contractual framework must be further strengthened, both politically and normatively, but further steps must be taken towards establishing a clearer and more extensive functional autonomy of both the High Representative, the Service, and the Commission. This is the only way the EU will succeed in occupying the diplomatic position it has been striving for since the founding of the European Communities.

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