The Libyan crisis has opened a new and serious political rift in Europe, with France and Britain at the forefront of military intervention, and Germany disagree. This umpteenth broken again demonstrate the enormous difficulties facing the construction of a common European foreign policy. But beyond the main focus of current interest, how was the first year set the foreign policy of the new Union set by the Treaty of Lisbon? This question has sought to respond with a detailed report, the think-tank European Council on Foreign Relations, which has undergone the trial of a large group of analysts 80 chapters of EU external action in 2010.
The result is a very cool, with lots of shadows, which always have great media coverage, "but also some lights, which usually go unnoticed. Shadows Among the sections that have received the worst score of analysts polled emphasis on relations with China, the subject of human rights and Tibet, and Turkey.
The Turkish question is notoriously a matter of deep division in the EU: Germany and France lead the group of those who reject the hypothesis of integration of Ankara in the club; defends UK. The inability to unlock this state of paralysis has contributed to the alarming shift in Turkish foreign policy, increasingly assertive and independent of the wishes of the West.
The EU has not been able to make progress on the Cyprus issue. Regarding the relationship with China, the critical report a Europe that seems to have "little will and a few ideas" on how to influence Beijing on human rights. Some Member States tend to neglect the matter on behalf of the establishment of advantageous economic relations.
The Chinese also fear reprisals cowed many Member States on the Tibet issue, to the point that hardly any head of state and European government dares to receive the Dalai Lama. Lights A falling tree makes more noise than a forest that grows. The successes of the EU is not that they are currently a huge forest, but there are elements worthy of praise from those who speak little.
Relations with the U.S. on terrorism, for example, are a success story. MEPs rejected a deal between the European Council and Washington, in the name of security, the U.S. offered broad access to financial transaction data of European citizens. That opposition and renegotiation unit led to a second version of the agreement more respectful of the privacy rights of citizens.
Other successful policies highlighted by analysts are the liberalization of visas for Balkan and European action within the World Trade Organization. Faced with the apparent disunity of Europeans in several cases, the report highlights the many others that Europe is united: for example in climate change negotiations in the diplomatic effort on the Iranian issue or the stabilization of Iraq. 
The result is a very cool, with lots of shadows, which always have great media coverage, "but also some lights, which usually go unnoticed. Shadows Among the sections that have received the worst score of analysts polled emphasis on relations with China, the subject of human rights and Tibet, and Turkey.
The Turkish question is notoriously a matter of deep division in the EU: Germany and France lead the group of those who reject the hypothesis of integration of Ankara in the club; defends UK. The inability to unlock this state of paralysis has contributed to the alarming shift in Turkish foreign policy, increasingly assertive and independent of the wishes of the West.
The EU has not been able to make progress on the Cyprus issue. Regarding the relationship with China, the critical report a Europe that seems to have "little will and a few ideas" on how to influence Beijing on human rights. Some Member States tend to neglect the matter on behalf of the establishment of advantageous economic relations.
The Chinese also fear reprisals cowed many Member States on the Tibet issue, to the point that hardly any head of state and European government dares to receive the Dalai Lama. Lights A falling tree makes more noise than a forest that grows. The successes of the EU is not that they are currently a huge forest, but there are elements worthy of praise from those who speak little.
Relations with the U.S. on terrorism, for example, are a success story. MEPs rejected a deal between the European Council and Washington, in the name of security, the U.S. offered broad access to financial transaction data of European citizens. That opposition and renegotiation unit led to a second version of the agreement more respectful of the privacy rights of citizens.
Other successful policies highlighted by analysts are the liberalization of visas for Balkan and European action within the World Trade Organization. Faced with the apparent disunity of Europeans in several cases, the report highlights the many others that Europe is united: for example in climate change negotiations in the diplomatic effort on the Iranian issue or the stabilization of Iraq.
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