A European vision for addressing global security threats

Abstract

There is a robust consensus among EU Member States about the need to identify the complex links between the threats and challenges to the EU’s security. The new institutional framework for the EU’s external action will allow it to make further progress in developing a comprehensive security policy, integrating both internal and external dimensions of security and mobilising the policies and instruments required to effectively respond to security threats. New initiatives could pave the way for a more cooperative management of ‘global home affairs’.