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IntroductionFunctionality in EU Foreign Policy: A Framework of AnalysisManaging Ambivalence: National Foreign Policy in an Age of 'Power Avoidance'The Politics of Performance: Turf Battles in EU Foreign PolicyNormative Power and the EU's Search for Meaning Saving the Union? EU Foreign Policy and the Democratic DeficitConclusion.

A review essay on books by (1) Steven Everts, Shaping a Credible EU Foreign Policy (London: Centre European Reform, 2002); (2) Christopher Hill & Karen E. Smith (Eds), European Foreign Policy: Key Documents (London: Routledge, 2000); (3) Hazel Smith, European Foreign Policy: What It Is and What It Does (London: Pluto, 2002); & (4) Brian White, Understanding European Foreign Policy (Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave, 2001).

The study of EU foreign policy has for a long time been haunted by Henry Kissinger's famous quip, "what number do I call if I want to get through to Europe?" This has prompted scholars to inquire into the effectiveness of the EU as an international actor. Arguing that the focus on effectiveness has pushed EU studies too far into the world of policy planning, this book examines EU foreign policy from the perspective of functionality. It asks what function foreign policy co-operation plays in the wider European integration process. The findings are original and striking: EU foreign policy serves as a way of managing Europe's retreat from power politics, is the site for inter-institutional struggles between the Council, Commission and Parliament within the EU, and increasingly provides the EU with a new identity at a time when the traditional narratives of European integration are no longer so convincing for European citizens. Far from being the poor cousin of other policy areas, foreign policy is increasingly the terrain upon which the future of the EU is being decided.

A review essay on books by (1) Sonja Lucarelli & Ian Manners [Eds], Values and Principles in European Foreign Policy (London and New York: Routledge, 2006) & (2) Helmut Mayer & Henri Vogt [Eds], A Responsible Europe? Ethical Foundations of EU External Affairs (Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006). References.

This paper is qualitative research oriented towards revealing of the axiological foundations and determinants of the European Union foreign policy. In this sense, within the paper we "challenge" the modern versus the postmodern foreign policy concepts. Likewise, we deeply analyze the essential axiological components of the European Union constitutive treaties regarding the foreign policy. On that basis, we conclude the axiological foundations of the European Union foreign policy, its uniqueness, distinctiveness and its axiological engagement in the international relations. Key words: EU, foreign policy, values.