Publication

This commentary examines the European Commission’s efforts to overcome the incoherence between the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the European Union’s external relations by creating a new foreign affairs project team led by Federica Mogherini in 2014. The author argues that the potential of a more networked foreign policy approach will only be realized if the European External Action Service takes over inter-departmental strategic planning and if Germany plays a leading role in making the CFSP more flexible.