Foreign Affairs Council
E56004
The Foreign Affairs Council is the configuration of the Council of the European Union in which EU foreign ministers meet to coordinate and decide the Union’s external action, including foreign policy, security, defense, trade, and development cooperation.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| General Affairs and External Relations Council (external relations part) | 0 | 1 |
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
EU institution configuration
→
configuration of the Council of the European Union → |
| alsoKnownAs | FAC → |
| chairedBy | High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → |
| composedOf | foreign ministers of EU member states → |
| coordinates |
EU external action instruments
→
foreign policies of EU member states → |
| country | European Union → |
| decidesOn |
EU crisis response measures in external relations
→
EU external action → EU positions in international organisations → EU sanctions and restrictive measures against third countries → implementation of EU foreign and security policy → mandates for international negotiations → |
| decisionMakingProcedure |
qualified majority voting
→
unanimity in sensitive foreign and security policy areas → |
| establishedAsConfigurationOf |
Council of the European Union
→
surface form:
Council of the European Union in 1993 (Maastricht Treaty context)
|
| hasLanguage | all official languages of the European Union → |
| hasMember | High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → |
| legalBasis |
Treaty on European Union
→
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union → |
| meetingFrequency | approximately once a month → |
| meetsAt |
Brussels, Belgium
→
surface form:
Brussels
Luxembourg → |
| meetsWith | foreign ministers of EU member states → |
| partOf | Council of the European Union → |
| policyArea |
EU common foreign and security policy
→
EU common security and defence policy → EU crisis management in external relations → EU development cooperation → EU enlargement policy (external dimension) → EU external security and defence → EU external trade policy → EU human rights in external action → EU humanitarian aid → EU multilateral diplomacy → EU neighbourhood policy → EU relations with international organisations → EU relations with third countries → EU sanctions and restrictive measures → |
| predecessor |
Foreign Affairs Council
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form:
General Affairs and External Relations Council (external relations part)
|
| reportsTo |
European Council
→
surface form:
European Council on strategic foreign policy issues
|
| scope |
Union’s external action
→
defence policy (external dimension) → development cooperation → foreign policy → humanitarian aid (external dimension) → security policy → trade policy → |
| separatedFrom | General Affairs Council → |
| worksWith |
EU Special Representatives
→
European Commission → European Council → European External Action Service → Political and Security Committee → |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
→
chairs
→
Foreign Affairs Council
→
subject surface form:
Council of Ministers of the European Union
this entity surface form:
General Affairs and External Relations Council (external relations part)