[ARTICLE 25 ]

COMMON FOREIGN A= ND SECURITY POLICY:

POLITICAL AND SE= CURITY COMMITTEE WILL GAIN LEGISLATIVE POWERS TO DEFINE POLICIES FOR THE COUNCIL A= ND FOREIGN MINISTER

ON FOREIGN POLIC= Y

[ARTICLE 25]

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, s= ection 1 Common provisions, Article 25

Amendment:

Clause 2, page 1, line 12, leave out ‘any’ and insert—

‘(i) Article 1, paragr= aph 44, amendments to Article 25 TEU relating to the Political and Security Committee; and<= /o:p>

(ii) any other’.=

Amendment:

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

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

(ii) any other’.=

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<= st1:City w:st=3D"on">Lisb= on Treaty Article:

&= #8220;44) Article 25 shall be amended as follows:

(= a) in the first paragraph, first sentence, the reference = to the Treaty establishing the

E= uropean Community shall be replaced by a reference to the Treaty on the functioning=

of the European Union and the words "or of the High Representativ= e of the Union for

F= oreign Affairs and Security Policy" shall be inserted after "at the requ= est of the

C= ouncil"; in the second sentence, the words "without prejudice to the responsibi= lity of

the Presidency and the Commission" shall be replaced by "with= out prejudice to the

powers of the High Representative";

(= b) the text of the second paragraph shall be replaced by = the following: "Within the scope of this Chapter, the Political and Securi= ty Committee shall exercise, under the

responsibility of the Council and of the High Representative, the poli= tical control and

strategic direction of the crisis management operations referred = to in Article 28 B.";

(= c) in the third paragraph, the words ", without prejudice to Article 47" shall be deleted.”

Consolidated Treaty Article(s):

“Article 25=

Without prejudice to Article 207 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, a Political and Security Committee sha= ll monitor the international situation in the areas covered by the common fore= ign and security policy and contribute to the definition of policies by deliver= ing opinions to the Council at the request of the Council or on its own initiat= ive. It shall also monitor the implementation of agreed policies, without prejud= ice to the responsibility of the Presidency and the Commission.

Within the scope of this title, this Committee sh= all exercise, under the responsibility of the Council, political control and strategic direction of crisis management operations.

The Council may authorise the Committee, for the purpose and for the duration of a crisis management operation, as determined by the Council, to take the relevant decisions concerning the political control and strategic direction of the operation, without prejudice to Article 47.”

Explanation:

The Political and Security Committee will gain legislati= ve initiative by defining policies for the Council and the High Representative= . Under the present Article, “a Political and Security Committee shall monitor the international situation in the areas covered by the common foreign and security policy and contribute to the definition of policies by delivering opinions to the Council” but under the Lisbon Treaty it will also deliver opinions to= the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. <= o:p>

Focusing now on the instruction from the High Representative, the Political and Security Committee will monitor the effec= tive execution of policies, not in consideration of the Commission or Presidency powers, but with regards to the High Representative. The new provision dema= nds that the Committee “… shall also monitor the implementation of agreed policies, without prejudice without prejudice to the powers of the H= igh Representative" and not “…without prejudice to the responsibility of the Presidency and the Commission”.

The Political and Security Committee will now exercise political control and strategic direction over crisis management operations= not only under the authority of the Council but also the High Representative. T= he committee will take on several strategic and management tasks relating to military operations.