EU Foreign and Security Policy
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The development of a cohesive foreign and security policy has always been a tall order for the EU. The difficulty in sharpening the EU’s profile as a credible international security actor is usually traced to institutional matters, among which the rigidity voting procedures and the low degree of defence integration.