1. The EU supports stability in the Balkans. Assistance projects in seven countries receive EU JXUwMDNlJXUwMDEzJXUwMDFiJXUwMDBhJXUwMDBkJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA5 , helping build stable societies. In Kosovo, the EU has deployed a 1900-strong justice and police force to help secure the rule of JXUwMDM0JXUwMDBkJXUwMDE2 . Countries in the Western Balkans are already candidates or potential candidates for membership of the EU as part of its JXUwMDNkJXUwMDBiJXUwMDAyJXUwMDBkJXUwMDEzJXUwMDE1JXUwMDAyJXUwMDA4JXUwMDA4JXUw MDBiJXUwMDFh policy.
2. The EU is member of the Quartet, alongside the United Nations, the United States and Russia, which is working to push for peace in the JXUwMDE1JXUwMDI0JXUwMDBkJXUwMDAwJXUwMDA4JXUwMDA5 East. Resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict is a strategic priority for Europe. The EU’s objective is a two-state solution with an independent, democratic, viable Palestinian state, living side-by-side with JXUwMDExJXUwMDNhJXUwMDAxJXUwMDEzJXUwMDA0JXUwMDA5 , and its other neighbours.
3. The EU is offering its neighbours a privileged relationship within the European JXUwMDE2JXUwMDJiJXUwMDBjJXUwMDBlJXUwMDBmJXUwMDBhJXUwMDBkJXUwMDFhJXUwMDA3JXUw MDFhJXUwMDA3JXUwMDAwJXUwMDBi Policy. The policy is designed to strengthen the prosperity, security and stability of all partners and to avoid the emergence of new dividing lines between the enlarged EU and countries of the southern Mediterranean, Eastern Europe and the southern JXUwMDFiJXUwMDIyJXUwMDE0JXUwMDE2JXUwMDAyJXUwMDEyJXUwMDA2JXUwMDA2 .
4. The EU was instrumental in negotiating the Kyoto JXUwMDA4JXUwMDIyJXUwMDFkJXUwMDFiJXUwMDFiJXUwMDBjJXUwMDBjJXUwMDAz on climate change and, boasting a domestic low-carbon agenda that is probably the most advanced and sophisticated in the world, remains a crucial player on this issue, indispensable for pushing an ambitious agenda of change. The EU is focusing on building a coalition for a legally binding agreement on climate change.
5. The Union works closely with the JXUwMDBkJXUwMDNiJXUwMDA3JXUwMDFkJXUwMDExJXUwMDAx Nations on a host of issues. The EU’s belief in multilateralism reflects an attachment to negotiated, binding rules in international relations, and is explicitly spelled out in the Treaty of Lisbon. Wherever possible, the EU seeks to replace or moderate power politics by rules and norms, hence making international relations more similar to the domestic order: more peaceful and JXUwMDI4JXUwMDAyJXUwMDE3JXUwMDAxJXUwMDBkJXUwMDBhJXUwMDE3JXUwMDE1JXUwMDAzJXUw MDBlJXUwMDA5 .
6. The EU runs military, political or JXUwMDNiJXUwMDBhJXUwMDFmJXUwMDFmJXUwMDA1JXUwMDA1JXUwMDA4JXUwMDBm missions to help build and secure the peace in a number of countries in Europe, Africa and beyond, such as in Afghanistan.
7. The Union is committed to human rights and works to ensure they are respected universally. The EU has made human rights a central aspect of its external relations: in the JXUwMDI4JXUwMDFmJXUwMDAzJXUwMDA1JXUwMDFkJXUwMDFkJXUwMDBhJXUwMDAyJXUwMDBk dialogues it holds with third countries; through its development policy, its action in multilateral fora, such as the United Nations. and assistance; or through
8. The EU acts as single player in foreign trade and supports the principles of free and JXUwMDNlJXUwMDA3JXUwMDA4JXUwMDFi international trade. As it negotiates with one voice, it can exercise real influence. Together, the EU's 27 members account for 19% of world imports and exports. Since its technical norms are widely used throughout the world, it often sets the terms of the debate.
9. The EU supports the social and economic development of its partners, and stands ready to help when they are faced with disaster. Together, the EU and its Member States are the world’s largest donor of development and humanitarian aid. Their contributions account for JXUwMDZlJXUwMDA2 % of the world’s official development assistance.
10. The EU is facing up to the challenges of managing global international economic and financial issues, for instance in the context of the G-20. It contributes to the ongoing effort to reform international JXUwMDNlJXUwMDBmJXUwMDA3JXUwMDBmJXUwMDBmJXUwMDBkJXUwMDBhJXUwMDA4JXUwMDBk institutions, such as the World Bank and IMF and to re-regulating the international financial sector. The common currency, the euro, bestows additional influence upon the euro area and the European Central JXUwMDFhJXUwMDIzJXUwMDBmJXUwMDA1 .

(Source of the text: Official site of the EU External Action http://eeas.europa.eu/what_we_do/index_en.htm)