THE EFFECTS OF THE EU FOREIGN POLICY INSTRUMENTS UPON THIRD COUNTRIES

Year 2020, Volume: 12 Issue: 22, 164 - 179, 29.05.2020

Gökhan Akşemsettinoğlu

https://doi.org/10.20990/kilisiibfakademik.606097

Abstract

The Lisbon Treaty took concrete steps to strengthen
the foreign policy area of the European Union (EU). For instance, the European
Commission constituted Foreign Policy Instruments to affect third countries
with different financial and operational actions. In the EU, decisions on
foreign policy require unanimity of member states. Unanimity indicates the
determination of the member states to meet on a common ground on foreign
policy, and reflects the level of political integration of the EU. Accordingly,
examining the effects of the EU Foreign Policy Instruments upon third countries
can inform us about the level of political integration of the EU. This article,
by using the case study methodology, intends to exemplify the EU Foreign Policy
Instruments and to find out their effects upon third countries and some
non-state actors. The research covers the developments of the last decade and
concludes that the EU Foreign Policy Instruments are still not effective enough
to change the policies and behaviours of the third countries. This conclusion
indicates that the EU member states do not have a common accord on foreign policy,
and political integration in the EU seems unlikely in the near future. 

Keywords

European Union, EU Foreign Policy Instruments, Political Integration

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