Political and Security Committee

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EU Council preparatory body European Union body committee of ambassadors

The Political and Security Committee is a key European Union body of member state ambassadors that provides political control and strategic direction for the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy, including its crisis management missions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Political and Security Committee canonical	13
Political and Security Committee of the European Union	3
Political and Security Committee (PSC)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	EU Council preparatory body ⓘ European Union body ⓘ committee of ambassadors ⓘ
composedOf	ambassadors of EU member states ⓘ permanent representatives of EU member states ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management ⓘ European Union Military Staff ⓘ surface form: EU Military Committee European External Action Service ⓘ High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ
establishedUnder	Common Foreign and Security Policy ⓘ surface form: Common Foreign and Security Policy framework
hasAbbreviation	COPS ⓘ PSC ⓘ
hasDecisionType	prepares decisions for adoption by the Council ⓘ
hasFunction	continuous political monitoring of international developments ⓘ coordination of member states’ positions in CFSP matters ⓘ implementation oversight of CFSP decisions ⓘ
hasRole	contributes to the definition of EU policies within CFSP and CSDP ⓘ exercises political control over EU crisis management missions ⓘ exercises strategic direction over EU crisis management missions ⓘ monitors international situation in areas covered by CFSP ⓘ prepares work for the Foreign Affairs Council ⓘ provides political control for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy ⓘ provides strategic direction for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy ⓘ
hasSeat	Council premises in Brussels ⓘ
hasTypeOfMember	ambassador-level representative ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalBasis	Article 38 of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ Treaty on European Union ⓘ
locatedIn	Belgium ⓘ European Quarter of Brussels ⓘ
meetsAt	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
meetsFrequency	regularly ⓘ
memberOfCategory	Common Foreign and Security Policy ⓘ surface form: Common Foreign and Security Policy bodies Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ surface form: Common Security and Defence Policy bodies
oversees	EU civilian crisis management missions ⓘ EU military crisis management operations ⓘ
partOf	Council of the European Union ⓘ European Union institutional framework ⓘ
policyArea	Common Foreign and Security Policy ⓘ Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ
reportsTo	Council of the European Union ⓘ Foreign Affairs Council ⓘ
supportedBy	European External Action Service ⓘ General Secretariat of the Council ⓘ surface form: General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

Referenced by (17)

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

European Union crisis management operations → overseenBy → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

Common Security and Defence Policy → supportedBy → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

Crisis Management and Planning Directorate → worksWith → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

European Peace Facility for military operations → overseenBy → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Political and Security Committee of the European Union

EUBAM Rafah → reportsTo → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Political and Security Committee of the European Union

EU Member States armed forces → coordinatedBy → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Political and Security Committee of the European Union

Foreign Affairs Council → worksWith → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

European Union Military Staff → advises → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

CMPD → coordinatesWith → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

subject surface form: Crisis Management and Planning Directorate

PSC → standsFor → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

COPS → fullName → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

COPS → abbreviationFor → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

European Union Military Committee → reportsTo → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

European Union Military Committee → advises → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

European Union Military Committee → subordinateTo → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

European Union military structures → advisedBy → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

Council preparatory bodies → hasExample → Political and Security Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Political and Security Committee (PSC)