The EU's Foreign Policy 

and Russia

Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)

• 1970 - European Political Cooperation (EPC)

• 1993 - Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)

• 1999 - High Representative for CFSP / Secretary General of the EU's Council

The EU's relations with third countries (prior to Dec. 2009)

Benita Ferrero-WaldnerJavier Solana

Council of the EU

European Commission

Commissioner for external relations- since 1958• Economic issues

• Humanitarian issues

• Delegations in third countries (130)

The EU's relations with third countries (since Dec. 2009)

Catherine Ashton,High Representative for

Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/ Vice-President of the

European Commission

European External Action Service (EEAS)

EU Special Representatives• African Union• Horn of Africa• Kosovo• Human Rights• Middle East Peace Process• Afghanistan• Bosnia and Herzegovina• Central Asia• South Caucasus• South Mediterranean• Sudan

CSDP Missions

EU Enlargement• Candidate countires:

• Montenegro• Macedonia• Serbia• Island• Turkey

EU Enlargement• Potential candidates:

• Albania• Bosnia and Herzegovina• Kosovo

European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)• Moldova• Ukraine• Georgia• Belarus• Armenia• Azerbaijan• 10 Mediterannean and Middle East countries

Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy

Štefan Füle

DG Enlargement

Commissioner for Development

Andris Piebalgs

DG EuropeAid

Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response

Kristalina Georgieva

DG ECHO

EU Budget

EU as a Global Player

Budget - Administration• EEAS - 464 mln Euro (280 mln - EU Delegations)• German MFA - 3,19 bln Euro, Development aid 6,07 bln Euro• French "external activities" - 2,96 bln Euro, Development aid 4,58

bln Euro