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Wie wird Moskaus Aggression vor der US-Präsidentschaftswahl diskutiert – und was bedeutet das für die weitere Unterstützung der Ukraine? (IP)

Das Land gespalten, das System überkommen, die Parteien unversöhnlich oder radikalisiert – und dann ist da noch Donald Trump: Die USA gehen schweren Zeiten entgegen. (IP)

Les relations entre l'Ukraine et l'Union européenne se sont resserrées à l'occasion des récents événements. L'UE a rapidement reconnu le gouvernement intérimaire de Kiev, lui apportant une aide sous forme de mesures diverses, dont un financement d'au moins 11 milliards d'euros pour les prochaines années. La concrétisation de cette aide dépendra de la capacité du gouvernement ukrainien à mettre en œuvre les réformes de fond qu'appelle la situation du pays. politique étrangère

Following the Lisbon Treaty, various departments of the European Commission and the Council Secretariat merged into what became the European External Action Service (EEAS). In contrast, EU Special Representatives (EUSRs), that are appointed by the Foreign Affairs Council and engage in conflict resolution on behalf of the EU, have remained an 'intergovernmental' instrument. Although they act under the authority of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, they are not funded from the EEAS' budget and not part of the formal hierarchy of the new service. Catherine Ashton's proposal in 2010 to remove the EUSRs and to integrate their tasks into the EEAS' activities was opposed by the EU foreign ministers. The paper looks at the EUSRs' role in the post-Lisbon foreign policy system and their relations with the relevant EU institutions. It argues that the Member States have an interest in retaining the EUSRs in order to ensure intergovernmental control over parts of EU foreign policy vis-à-vis the EEAS, the European Parliament and the European Commission. However, this must not necessarily undermine the activities of the EEAS and ultimately the coherence of the EU's external relations.