Painting the CFSP in national colours
Portuguese strategies to help shape the EUs external relations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12936210 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven Robinson (University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-255 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Iberian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1758-9150 • E-ISSN: 1364-971X |
| Publisher | Intellect (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/ijis.28.2-3.235_1 |
| OpenAlex | W2770853756 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The agenda-setting power of the rotating Council presidency presented successive Portuguese governments with an opportunity to externalize the country’s core foreign-policy priorities onto the European level. As such, Portugal’s presidencies of the Council of the European Union have been particularly instrumental in formalizing relations between the EU and the Lusophone world. The first and second EU–Africa summits, the first EU–Brazil summit, the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Commission and the Executive Secretariat of the Community of Portuguese-speaking countries (CPLP), and the closer association of Cape Verde to the EU, all occurred while Portugal held the rotating Council presidency. This article discusses the strategies, challenges and successes of the three Portuguese presidencies (1992, 2000 and 2007) in shaping the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). It also explores the options available to Portugal in the post-Lisbon era, where the rotating Council presidency’s agenda-setting powers are considerably reduced with regard to CFSP matters. Both prior to and since the Treaty of Lisbon coming into force, Portugal’s strategy has been to stress its historic links to Africa and Brazil, as these relations constitute Portugal’s contribution to building the CFSP, furthering its core national foreign-policy priorities by putting its position in the Lusophone world at the disposal of the European Union’s external action
Council of Ministers · Economics · European integration · European union · Foreign policy · Geography · International trade · Political science · Politics · Portuguese · Presidency · Summit · Treaty · Treaty of Lisbon · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Politics and Economy · International Development and Aid · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |