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The EU security policy was a leap in the dark. It was constructed under an agreement that the EU should have such a policy, but not what it should be about. On 12 December 2003, the leaders of the European Union approved the first-ever European Security Strategy, the ESS, proclaiming an intention to ‘share in the responsibility for global security and in building a better world’.1 The ESS summons up the EU’s external dimension, in a manner that transcends the metaphorical ‘pillars’ intended to visualize the workings of the Union. It encapsulates foreign and security policy—from the development and neighbourhood policies of the European Commission, via the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), under the auspices of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to police and judicial cooperation.
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Toje, A. (2010). The European Security Strategy Revisited. In: The European Union as a Small Power. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230281813_5
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