Promoting national priorities in EU foreign policy: the Czech Republic's foreign policy in the EU

1. Introduction -- 2. The Czech Republic in the EU : from a new member state to a member state -- 3. Perceptions of Czech representatives in the council of their work -- 4. External trade : reforming the generalised system of preferences -- 5. European neighbourhood policy : introducing the more-for-more principle to the European neighbourhood instrument -- 6. Democracy and human rights : implementing the recommendations of EU election observation missions -- 7. Common security and defense policy : extending the mandate for EUMM Georgia in 2014 -- 8. Conclusions.