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The European Union and International Affairs

In: International Trade Relations of the European Union

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  • Rafael Leal-Arcas

    (Alfaisal University, College of Law & International Relations)

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This chapter deals with the role of the European Union (EU) in international affairs. It argues that, prior to the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty in 2009, with two European Communities (in 2009, there were only two European Communities since the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty expired on July 23, 2002), one European Union, and three different pillars of competences and decision-making, it is no wonder that third parties are often puzzled. Third States were facing two organizations (i.e., the Communities) and a third legal person (i.e., the EU) until the Lisbon Treaty came into force in 2009, bearing in mind that the EU appeared as a different entity from the Communities. This situation until the Lisbon Treaty entered into force hardly corresponds to the basic institutional principles of the TEU, such as Article 1.3 TEU or Article 3.2 TEU. From this, we can deduce that there was a need for clarification and for more coherence to the institutional image of the EU in the outside world. The two remaining European Communities were dissolved into the European Union by the Treaty of Lisbon in 2009, with the EU becoming the legal successor to the two Communities.

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  • Rafael Leal-Arcas, 2022. "The European Union and International Affairs," Springer Books, in: International Trade Relations of the European Union, chapter 0, pages 29-51, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-14076-1_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-14076-1_3
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