TY - JOUR
T1 - Framing the EU’s policy towards the neighbourhood
T2 - the strategic approach of the Seventh European Parliament (2009–2014)
AU - Nitoiu, Cristian
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Cambridge Review of International Affairs on 3/11/16, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09557571.2016.1233937
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The Lisbon treaty afforded the European Parliament (EP) increased powers in foreign policy. These have included new legislative competences in the area of international agreements or the European Union’s (EU) relations with third party states. This article analyses the way the last mandate of the EP, which was the first to benefit from the changes introduced by the Lisbon treaty, framed EU foreign policy. More specifically, it explores the way in which the EP strategically framed the EU’s approach towards the neighbourhood countries. The focus on the neighbourhood is justified by the fact that it is the most salient area of the EU’s foreign policy. The article shows that the EP pushed for the EU to have a stronger presence in the neighbourhood. The EP also strategically aimed that it should have a more central role in shaping the EU’s approach towards the neighbourhood.
AB - The Lisbon treaty afforded the European Parliament (EP) increased powers in foreign policy. These have included new legislative competences in the area of international agreements or the European Union’s (EU) relations with third party states. This article analyses the way the last mandate of the EP, which was the first to benefit from the changes introduced by the Lisbon treaty, framed EU foreign policy. More specifically, it explores the way in which the EP strategically framed the EU’s approach towards the neighbourhood countries. The focus on the neighbourhood is justified by the fact that it is the most salient area of the EU’s foreign policy. The article shows that the EP pushed for the EU to have a stronger presence in the neighbourhood. The EP also strategically aimed that it should have a more central role in shaping the EU’s approach towards the neighbourhood.
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UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09557571.2016.1233937
U2 - 10.1080/09557571.2016.1233937
DO - 10.1080/09557571.2016.1233937
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84994121246
SN - 0955-7571
VL - 30
SP - 87
EP - 104
JO - Cambridge Review of International Affairs
JF - Cambridge Review of International Affairs
IS - 1
ER -