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Europe as a Stronger Global Actor was the name given to one of Jean-Claude Juncker’s early initiaitves as the incoming President of the European Commission. The title was bestowed upon one of the several project teams, with the emphasis upon coherence across the EU’s external actions with the objective of strengthening the Union as a global actor. The phrase was also coined at a time of enormous global change, as well as change within the EU itself, which made it not only a statement of ambition but also a reflection of some fundamental questions about how and whether the Union can be a stronger global actor.
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Duke, S. (2017). Introduction. In: Europe as a Stronger Global Actor . European Administrative Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94945-8_1
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