On 6 October 2022 there will be an inaugural EU meeting at summit level, with the EU’s close neighbours also invited, to debate security and stability as part of a budding European Political Community (EPC), as proposed by President Macron with support from President Michel.
However, the future functions of the EPC have only been sketched in very
preliminary and summary terms, which this CEPS Explainer seeks to
explore in more detail. We identify several categories: foreign policy
and strategic security, and EU internal policies, consisting of energy
security and climate change, economic cooperation and mobility.
While foreign policy and security issues are obviously prioritised in
official statements, so far in the context of Russia’s war against
Ukraine, there are serious limitations over how effective this is likely
to be (almost all of the EU’s most powerful allies are outside Europe).
The other suggested functions link closely to the EU’s competences and
resources, and these do offer scope for more solid and consensual
cooperation.
Overall, the EPC’s organisation and functions should be designed with
all these possibilities in mind, especially serving to complement and
not displace the EU’s enlargement processes.
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