The Trump-Juncker meeting in DC raises urgent questions for the next Commission. CEPS Commentary, 16 August 2018

Lannoo, Karel. (2018) The Trump-Juncker meeting in DC raises urgent questions for the next Commission. CEPS Commentary, 16 August 2018. [Policy Paper]

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Abstract

It appears that a genuine EU foreign policy is now finally emerging, but is it taking off in a direction different from the one originally envisaged? European Commission President Juncker completed an impressive schedule of international meetings in July, culminating in the unexpected agreement reached with President Trump on July 26th. These accomplishments have far-reaching implications for the European Union and its institutions, including the ‘last chance Commission’, the Spitzenkandidaten process and the functioning of EU trade policy and the European External Action Service (EEAS). They also raise the question of the single president, which Juncker mentioned prominently in his 2017 State of the Union speech.

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