Bulletin n. 1/2009
July 2009
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Yakemtchouk Romain
    « La politique étrangère » de l'Union européenne
    in Revue de l'Union européenne/Revue du Marché Commun et de l'Union européenne , n. 527, avril ,  2009 ,  217-227
    The EU would like to play an international role commensurate with its economic capacity, but it is an ambitious plan, as the political Union of its member countries is still in the making, and the passing of the Lisbon Treaty that could open new prospects is still to take place. It will soon adjust to the new directions of American politics championed by Barack Obama towards Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, and in the meantime, the EU has reopened its cooperation with China, as well as to some extent, with Russia, with which it used to have diverging positions about Georgia and Ukraine. It condemned the shooting of Palestinian rockets against Israel, while blaming the continuing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. With Islam-oriented parties now in power, Turkey is still applying for EU membership, though its file is on standby. The European Union has continued its work in the area of climate change in advance of an international treaty, that would follow the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. It was critical of Nicolas Sarkozy's plan regarding the Mediterranean, which is now blocked by Arab-Muslim countries. Europe's safety and defence policy is the hardest area of European cooperation: its limits result from the requirements of the sovereignty of its member countries.
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