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Strategic review of the EU's foreign and security policy inquiry

Inquiry


The EU External Affairs Sub-Committee published its report into the EU foreign and security strategy, and says the EU needs to concentrate its resources on its immediate neighbourhood, and urgently re-think its policy on Turkey.

The Committee has been investigating the effectiveness, strengths and weaknesses of the EU’s foreign and security policy, in anticipation of the new strategy to be published by the European Union’s High Representative on Foreign Affairs later this year.

The report concludes that the EU needs to concentrate on tackling insecurity and instability in its immediate neighbourhood, and not overstretch itself trying to fix too many problems at once. It emphasises that the responsibility for foreign policy rests with the Member States. The aim of the new strategy must be to provide the framework within which they can operate collectively to tackle threats to the security and stability of the Union.

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Past events

Thursday 19 November 2015
10:05am Public
Strategic review of the EU's foreign and security policy inquiry - Oral evidence 19 November 2015
Room 1, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 11 November 2015
10:05am Public
Strategic review of the EU's foreign and security policy inquiry - Oral evidence 11 November 2015
Room 2, Palace of Westminster
Thursday 5 November 2015
10:05am Public
Strategic review of the EU's foreign and security policy inquiry - Oral evidence 5 November 2015
Room 1, Palace of Westminster
Thursday 29 October 2015
10:05am Public
Strategic review of the EU's foreign and security policy inquiry - Oral evidence 29 October 2015
Room 1, Palace of Westminster

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  • Phone: 020 7219 6099 (committee staff) | 020 7219 5986 (Press Officer)
  • Address: EU External Affairs Sub-Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW