Resumen de Graham Butler, Constitutional Law of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy: Competence and Institutions in External Relations ( Hart, 2019)

Thomas Verellen

• It is trite to say that the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) has been a peculiar area of EU policymaking ever since its conception in the Treaty of Maastricht. At Maastricht, it became the second of three metaphorical “pillars” of a Greek temple-like structure: the European Union (EU).1 The Lisbon Treaty did away with the temple-like structure and established an integrated EU with a single international legal personality. Despite these changes, the CFSP remains subject to “specific rules and procedures.”2 In comparison to other policy areas, the role of the European Commission and the European Parliament in CFSP decision making remains limited; the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) remains subject to restrictions;3 and, as a general rule, Council decisions continue to be taken by unanimity rather than by qualified majority vote.4 Put shortly, a plausible argument can be made that...