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Jørgensen, Knud Erik; Wessel, Ramses A. --- "The position of the European Union in (other) international organizations: confronting legal and political approaches" [2011] ELECD 228; in Koutrakos, Panos (ed), "European Foreign Policy" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011)

Book Title: European Foreign Policy

Editor(s): Koutrakos, Panos

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781849804097

Section: Chapter 9

Section Title: The position of the European Union in (other) international organizations: confronting legal and political approaches

Author(s): Jørgensen, Knud Erik; Wessel, Ramses A.

Number of pages: 26

Extract:

9. The position of the European Union in
(other) international organizations:
confronting legal and political
approaches
Knud Erik Jørgensen and Ramses A. Wessel1

INTRODUCTION
The European Union is increasingly engaged in multilateral diplomacy and
continuously stresses its ambitions in relation to `effective multilateralism'.2
Apart from its participation in international regimes in various policy fields,3
the institutionalization of the role of the EU in the world is reflected in its
position in a number of other international organizations.4 Whereas the legal
and political dimensions of the EU's external relations in general have been
given much attention in academic writings, this is less true for the position of
the EU in formal international institutions. Yet, it is at these fora that a struc-
tural role of the EU in global governance becomes most visible. It is this role
that has become more interesting now that it is clear that many EU (and




1 The authors thank Ms Mila Aleksic for her research assistance.
2 See for instance the `Report on the Implementation of the European Security
Strategy: Providing Security in a Changing World', Council of the EU, 11 December
2008, p. 1: `At a global level, Europe must lead a renewal of the multilateral order';
and the European Security Strategy of 12 December 2003, p. 1: `In a world of global
threats, global markets and global media, our security and prosperity increasingly
depend on an effective multilateral system. The development of a stronger international
society, well functioning ...