1st Edition

EU External Relations Law and the European Neighbourhood Policy A Paradigm for Coherence

By Bart Van Vooren Copyright 2012
384 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
by Routledge

The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is a recent example of an external EU policy drawn up explicitly with the objective of achieving coherence in the external policies of the EU and its Member States. Positioning the ENP in the legal-historical context of political union, this book explains why coherence has become a substantive issue in EU external relations, and why law is integral to... Read more

1. A Legal History of Fragmentation and Coherence in EU External Action 2. A Theoretical Framework for Coherence in EU External Relations Law and Policy 3. Coherence of EU and Member State External Action: Duty of Loyalty 4. Coherence Across Divided Union Competences in the TEU & TFEU 5. Coherence and Soft Law in EU External Relations: ENP as a Paradigm 6. Coherence as Policy Synergy in the ENP 7. Conclusion: The ENP, a Paradigm for Coherence?

Biography

Bart Van Vooren is Assistant Professor of EU Law at the University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on EU external relations law and global governance with an emphasis on international finance. Illustrative of this research agenda is his 2011 article in the Common Market Law Review entitled ‘A legal-institutional perspective on the European External Action Service’.

'Van Vooren is to be commended for taking on such an ambitious methodological task to advance his research and I look forward to reading his work in the future.
In short, this book is a remarkable piece of scholarship. It is meticulously researched throughout and the author demonstrates both a deep knowledge of the ENP' - Paul James Cardwell, University of Sheffield, in the Common Market Law Review