The European Union is present on the international scene through 3 main policies areas: trade, development and security. Each domain depends on different institutions, holds different power and uses different tools. Decisions-making procedures are varied. Nonetheless, these three domains of intervention have been developed unequally and some are internationally very consequential when others are just stuttering. These agreements are based on law but can also be political act (1997, agreement with the Palestinian authority). Moreover, the agreement's content of can differ in their extent and measure according to the partner.
[...] Moreover, the agreement's content of can differ in their extent and measure according to the partner. A kind of hierarchy has emerged which favors especially nowadays EU neighbors and no more the ACP countries. Most of these agreements are subject to political and economic (democracy, human-rights clauses ) conditions which can lead to positive as well as negative sanctions. The conditions have been also extended to environmental, social and crime concerns. The agreement can even be denounced due to non-respect of conditions or by following UN resolutions. [...]
[...] o GAERC: development policy discussed twice a year (decision prepared by COREPER II) Commission: negotiates cooperation and association agreements, manages the EU aid budget and the European Development fund (national contributions, not controlled by EP). Coordinates policies between EU and members states. o DG development: ACP and OCT (overseas countries and territories) o DG enlargement: pre-accession aid to candidate countries o DG external relation: remaining non-ACP countries o European Community Humanitarian Office: separated agency for humanitarian crisis, manage the EU humanitarian Aid. [...]
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