1. The EU's Foreign Competences

  • protection of human rights
  • international politics
  • security and defence
  • external trade policy
Article 3 (5) TEU: "In its relations with the wider world, the Union shall uphold and promote its values and interests and contribute to the protection of its citizens. It shall contribute to peace, security, the sustainable development of the Earth, solidarity and mutual respect among peoples, free and fair trade, eradication of poverty and the protection of human rights, in particular the rights of the child, as well as to the strict observance and the development of international law, including respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter".
Title V of the TEU is headed: "General Provisions on the Union's External Action and Specific Provisions on the Common Foreign and Security Policy" and it contains Articles 21-46 on the EU's external action.
Part V of the TFEU is headed: "The Union's External Action" and contains Articles 205-222 on the EU's external action.
Please, find the referred Articles in the TEU and the TFEU, read those Articles and solve the exercises on the next page. Link to EUR-Lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/treaties/index.htm
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