class 18

Question 1

was foreign policy explained in other treaties?

Answer 1

no, but there were initiatives

Question 2

when was the Pleven plan and who invented it

Answer 2

1950, Rene Pleven which is a prime minister

Question 3

what was the Pleven plan created after?

Answer 3

Coal and Steele Community

Question 4

What did the Pleven Plan create?

Answer 4

an integrated European army under joint command

Question 5

What is the EDC

Answer 5

European Defence Community

Question 6

why did the EDC fail?

Answer 6

It failed as France’s parliament voted no, citing opposition to foreign command over French troops (right-wing) and concerns about hastening Germany’s rearmament. and because french troops should be led by french officers

Question 7

what logic was implied in the Foreign, Security and Defense Policies

Answer 7

not neo-functioanlistic logic (spread slowly after) coal and steel to an army

Question 8

what did jean monnet think about the Pleven plan?

Answer 8

thought it was too fast of a step

Question 9

When and by who were the Fouchet plans created?

Answer 9

1960 & French Ambassador of Denmark: Christian Fouchet

Question 10

What were the Fouchet Plans about?

Answer 10

how Europe could talk about foreign policy and common foreign and defence policies

Question 11

What did the fouchet plans imitate?

Answer 11

French

Question 12

Why were the Netherlands scared of the Fouchet Plans?

Answer 12

They thought they wouldn’t have a voice since it was dominated by France and Germany so they vetoed it and because Holland wanted their voice in int. politics too

Question 13

What happened in 1969?

Answer 13

council meeting held in netherlands called it spirit of hague new initiative after charles de gaulle

Question 14

Explain the Davignon Report

Answer 14

report was published and very successful
starting point for the EPC (european political co-operation)
launched in may 1970
consultation among the member states on foreign policy issues
agreed that foreign policy ministers needed to see each other 2x a year
Belgium in a rotated council presidency

Question 15

Explain the Single European Act

Answer 15

1987, EPC (european political cooperation) obtains its own legal basis
denmark has tradition of being eurospectic, believed more in local democracy, put emphasis on how things should be chosen in denmark and not in the EU

Question 16

what is the CFSP?

Answer 16

Common Foreign and Security Policy and is part of the second pillar

Question 17

what was the CFSP for?

Answer 17

• safeguard the common values and fundamental interests of the Union
• strengthen the security of the Union
• preserve peace and strengthen international security
• promote international cooperation
• develop democracy and the rule of law, including human rights

Question 18

what are two issues with the Maastricht treaty?

Answer 18

a) should be able to formulate common EU positions (2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine, EU condemned and deemed it to be illegal)
b) joined common actions (deploy peacekeeping forces)

Question 19

Explain the Amsterdam Treaty (1997)

Answer 19

• qualified majority vote about (joint actions/common positions) except in defense and military matters
• high representative of the CFSP (num 1 person permanent that has a tel number to call to consult with Europe)

Question 20

Explain the Saint-Malo Process

Answer 20

In 1998, France and the UK, led by pro-EU Tony Blair, advocated strengthening EU defense without affecting NATO. Under the European Security and Defence Policy, they proposed a 60,000-strong force deployable within 60 days for up to a year.

Question 21

what is the new name of the Lisbon treaty?

Answer 21

Common Security and Defence Policy

Question 22

what are the main CSFP institutions and actors?

Answer 22

• The European Council and the Foreign Affairs Council
• The High Representative and the European External Action Service
• met twice a year in the beginning now they meet once a month
• high repp of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Joseph Borell (Estonia will take over soon)

Question 23

since when is the UN in observer status with the EU

Answer 23

1974

Question 24

since when is the UN an observer member with the EU

Answer 24

2011

Question 25

since when is the WTO a member of the EU

Answer 25

1995

Question 26

explain the future of the EU’s foreign security and defense policies

Answer 26

intergovernmental or supranational/integrationist? cannot be based on unanimity
Europeanist or atlanticist?
interventionist or non-interventionist?