The art of consensus in Europe: is it applicable the European Union governance model worldwide?
Abstract
This study addresses the constitutional experience of the European Union (EU) from a global perspective with respect to the «model of governance» of European foreign policy. Two principle issues are discussed: 1) whether the «model of governance» of the EU is universally applicable and 2) whether the constitutional experience of the EU is effective from a global viewpoint. The study is divided into three parts. The first deals with the «model of governance» of EU foreign policy as a «normative power». The second assesses the evolution of EU foreign policy from its beginnings in the 1950s. The third explores, by means of three illustrations, the application of the EU «model of governance» and its effectiveness. The study concludes that the distinctive character of the EU as a global actor is not defined so much by its promotion of objectives, principles, and values and/or interests, or its recourse to soft law as opposed to hard law, as by the «model of governance» of its foreign policy. This gives rise to two related questions: 1) whether the «model of governance» of the EU in its foreign policy is more effective when faced with collective problems than that developed by other actors and 2) whether the «model of governance» developed and applied by the EU is truly collective and participatory, or an instrument used by the EU to export its substantive laws and to promote its own particular interests without taking into account the particular interests of other actors.
Published online: 27 November 2014
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