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COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY:

EU PRESIDENCY SIDELINED AS FOREIGN MINISTER BECOMES

KEY INITIATIVE FOR FOREIGN POLICY

IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

 [ARTICLE 21]

 

 

AMENDMENT TO: Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and t= he Treaty establishing the European Community (Lisbon, 13 December 2007)<= /span>

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Policy Area:

Treaty= on European Union, Title V, provisions on Common Foreign and Security Policy, Chapter 2, Specific provisions on the common foreign and security policy, section 1 Common provisions, Article 21

 

Amendment:

Clause 2<= /span>, page  1,  line  12,  leave out ‘any’ and insert—

 

‘(i) Article 1, paragr= aph 25, headings relating to the Common Foreign and Security Policy; and=

 

(ii) any other’.=

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Lisb= on Treaty Article:

“40) Article 21 shall be amended as follows= :

(a) the first paragraph shall be replaced by the following:

"The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy shall= regularly consult the European Parliament on the main aspects and the basic choices o= f the common foreign and security policy and the common security and defence policy and inform it of how those policies ev= olve. He shall ensure that the views of the European Parliament are duly taken in= to consideration. Special representatives may be involved in briefing the Euro= pean Parliament.";

(b) in the second paragraph, first sentence, the words "and to the High Representative" shall be inserted at the e= nd; in the second sentence, the words "It shall hold an annual debate"= ; shall be replaced by "Twice a year it shall hold a debate" and the words ", including the common security and defence policy" shall be inserted at the end.”

 

Consolidated Treaty Article(s):

= 220;Article 21

The Presidency shall consult the European Parliament on the main aspects and the basic choices of the common foreign and security policy and shall ensure th= at the views of the European Parliament are duly taken into consideration. The European Parliament shall be kept regularly informed by the Presidency and = the Commission of the development of the Union's foreign and security policy.

The European Parliament may ask questions of the Council or make recommendation= s to it. It shall hold an annual debate on progress in implementing the common foreign and security policy.”

 

Explanation:

The Li= sbon Treaty provides that the Presidency will be replaced with the= High Representative as mediator with the European Parliament and it introduces s= pecial representatives as being involved “in briefing the European Parliament.”

 

Furthermore, instead of the European Parliament holding an annual debate “on progress in implementing the common foreign and security policy”, it will hold a = twice-annual meeting. The European Parliament will gain a substantially enhanced role not only in foreign p= olicy but also in defence, in which the High Represen= tative shall consult regularly with the European Parliament on foreign policy and = defence issues.