European External Action Service

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European Union body diplomatic service foreign policy institution

The European External Action Service is the European Union’s diplomatic service and foreign policy arm, responsible for conducting the EU’s external relations and supporting its security and crisis response efforts worldwide.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
European External Action Service canonical	79
European External Action Service headquarters	5
EEAS	2
European Commission delegations	1
European External Action Service as the Union’s diplomatic service	1
European External Action Service on trade‑related external relations	1
European Union External Action structures	1
European Union external action	1
European diplomacy	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union body ⓘ diplomatic service ⓘ foreign policy institution ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Council of the European Union ⓘ European Commission ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ Member States’ diplomatic services ⓘ
country	European Union ⓘ
employs	EU officials ⓘ contract agents ⓘ seconded national experts ⓘ temporary agents ⓘ
fieldOfWork	conflict prevention ⓘ crisis management ⓘ development cooperation coordination ⓘ diplomacy ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ human rights promotion ⓘ security policy ⓘ
hasPart	Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability ⓘ Crisis Management and Planning Directorate ⓘ EU Delegations ⓘ European Union Military Staff ⓘ surface form: EU Military Staff EU Special Representatives ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Belgium ⓘ Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
inception	2011 ⓘ
jurisdiction	European Union ⓘ
legalBasis	Article 27(3) of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ Council Decision 2010/427/EU ⓘ Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
mandate	conduct the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy ⓘ coordinate EU diplomatic missions and delegations ⓘ ensure consistency of the European Union’s external action ⓘ manage EU civilian and military crisis management missions at political-strategic level ⓘ support EU security and crisis response ⓘ support conflict prevention and peacebuilding ⓘ support the High Representative in conducting the EU’s external relations ⓘ
officialLanguage	all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
parentOrganization	European Union ⓘ
partOf	European Union institutional framework ⓘ
replaces	General Secretariat of the Council ⓘ surface form: Council Secretariat’s Directorate-General for External Relations European External Action Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: European Commission delegations European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations ⓘ
reportsTo	High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ
shortName	European External Action Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: EEAS
supportsOffice	High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ
usesLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
website	https://eeas.europa.eu ⓘ

Referenced by (92)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Union crisis management operations → coordinatedBy → European External Action Service ⓘ

European institutions → includes → European External Action Service ⓘ

Second Baldwin government → foreignPolicyArea → European External Action Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: European diplomacy

Office of European Union and Regional Affairs → worksWith → European External Action Service ⓘ

European Quarter of Brussels → contains → European External Action Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: European External Action Service headquarters

Foreign Affairs → collaboratesWith → European External Action Service ⓘ

subject surface form: Foreign Affairs (Belgium)

Common Security and Defence Policy → supportedBy → European External Action Service ⓘ

European External Action Service → shortName → European External Action Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: EEAS

European External Action Service → replaces → European External Action Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commission delegations

Crisis Management and Planning Directorate → partOf → European External Action Service ⓘ

Political and Security Committee → supportedBy → European External Action Service ⓘ

Political and Security Committee → cooperatesWith → European External Action Service ⓘ

EU Battlegroups → coordinatedBy → European External Action Service ⓘ

European Peace Facility for military operations → managedBy → European External Action Service ⓘ

EULEX Kosovo → operatedBy → European External Action Service ⓘ

EUBAM Libya → parentOrganization → European External Action Service ⓘ

EUBAM Rafah → supervisedBy → European External Action Service ⓘ

EUMM Georgia → reportsTo → European External Action Service ⓘ

EU Member States armed forces → usedBy → European External Action Service ⓘ

European Union–United States relations → hasKeyInstitution → European External Action Service ⓘ

Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations → worksWith → European External Action Service ⓘ

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands → cooperatesWith → European External Action Service ⓘ

Embassy of the European Union in Washington, D.C. → employer → European External Action Service ⓘ

Directorate-General for International Partnerships → worksWith → European External Action Service ⓘ

Foreign Affairs Council → worksWith → European External Action Service ⓘ

European Quarter → contains → European External Action Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: European External Action Service headquarters

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → heads → European External Action Service ⓘ

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → hasAuthorityOver → European External Action Service ⓘ

Brussels-Schuman railway station → serves → European External Action Service ⓘ

Schuman roundabout → surroundedBy → European External Action Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: European External Action Service headquarters

European Union at CELAC–EU summits → organizedBy → European External Action Service ⓘ

European Union Partnership Team → collaboratesWith → European External Action Service ⓘ

Western Balkans → usedBy → European External Action Service ⓘ

Common Foreign and Security Policy → involvesInstitution → European External Action Service ⓘ

Conference of Delegation Chairs → collaboratesWith → European External Action Service ⓘ

Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs → coordinatesWith → European External Action Service ⓘ

Schuman metro station → serves → European External Action Service ⓘ

European Union Military Staff → partOf → European External Action Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union External Action structures

European Union Military Staff → subordinateTo → European External Action Service ⓘ

European Union Military Staff → parentOrganization → European External Action Service ⓘ

Permanent Structured Cooperation → cooperatesWith → European External Action Service ⓘ

Civilian CSDP Compact → hasActor → European External Action Service ⓘ

Civilian CSDP Compact → implementedBy → European External Action Service ⓘ

Council Decision 2010/427/EU → relatesTo → European External Action Service ⓘ

Council Decision 2010/427/EU → establishes → European External Action Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: European External Action Service as the Union’s diplomatic service

EU Special Representatives → coordinatesWith → European External Action Service ⓘ

Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability → partOf → European External Action Service ⓘ

CMPD → partOf → European External Action Service ⓘ

subject surface form: Crisis Management and Planning Directorate

PSC → cooperatesWith → European External Action Service ⓘ

subject surface form: Political and Security Committee