De la Declaración de Laeken a la diplomacia común europea

Resumen

The birth of the New European Common Diplomacy (NECD) and the European External Action Service(EEAS), for the European Union to achieve international leadership, has been the subject of analysis by many authors.Especially, since the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty (2000), the Covid-19 (2020), and after Russia’s invasion ofUkraine (2022). The objective of the article is to identify the multiple changes introduced in the European Foreign Policyafter the Declaration of Laeken 2000, and the Decision of the Council 427 of 2010 where the operation of the EEAS andthe scope of the NECD are established. The study makes a retrospective, descriptive analysis and uses the institutionalhistoricalchange (Steinmo, 2016) because it allows us to better examine the dynamic relationships of the Union as aglobal actor. The article concludes that it is essential to strengthen the NECD, so that the EU can achieve greater strategicautonomy in the new international scenario.