2008 GARNET Conference, “The EU in International Affairs”, 24-26 April 2008, Brussels The EU Common Foreign and Security Policy in the UN Security Council: Between Representation and Coordination1 Daniele Marchesi Project Researcher United Nations University-Comparative Regional Integration Studies c/o Grootseminarie – Potterierei 72 (2nd floor) BE-8000 Bruges, Belgium +32 50471204
[email protected] [email protected] 1 Paper presented at the 2008 International Studies Association (ISA) convention in San Francisco on 27 March 2008. 1 2008 GARNET Conference, “The EU in International Affairs”, 24-26 April 2008, Brussels Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore the link between the reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the development of the European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). The question will be: to what extent do UN institutional structures influence European integration in the field of foreign and security policy? To answer this question, the paper will analyse, on the one hand, the debate on the European presence and representation within the Security Council, and on the other hand, the increasing coordination of the EU on the issues discussed in this body. The growing role of regional organizations in the multilateral system is one of the most relevant innovations in international relations increasing the pressure to reform the UN. Particularly in Europe, the discussion on the reform of the UN has run parallel to the institutionalization of European foreign and security policy in the TEU. Since Maastricht, CFSP began raising expectations about the possible role of the EU in the UN. Integrationists started to see in the long-term perspective of a common representation for Europe at the UN the ideal culmination of the process of integration in foreign policy.