Diplomatic missions of the European Union explained

The member states of the European Union are aligned in their foreign policy on many issues. The EU is the world's largest economic union, customs union and donor of humanitarian and development assistance and thus has an extensive network of delegations around the world mainly operating in the framework of External Relations, for which the European Commission is the main decision body. The EU also represents shared political and security viewpoints held by its member states, as articulated in the Common Foreign and Security Policy.

The EU's predecessor, the European Coal and Steel Community, opened its first mission in London in 1955, after three years non-EU countries began to accredit their missions in Brussels to the Community. The US had been a fervent supporter of the ECSC's efforts from the beginning, and Secretary of State Dean Acheson sent Jean Monnet a dispatch in the name of President Truman confirming full US diplomatic recognition of the ECSC. A US ambassador to the ECSC was accredited soon thereafter, and he headed the second overseas mission to establish diplomatic relations with the Community institutions.[1]

The number of delegates began to rise in the 1960s following the merging of the executive institutions of the three European Communities into a single Commission. Until recently some states had reservations accepting that EU delegations held the full status of a diplomatic mission. Article 20 of the Maastricht Treaty requires the Delegations and the Member States' diplomatic missions to "co-operate in ensuring that the common positions and joint actions adopted by the Council are complied with and implemented".

Management of the EU External Relations is conducted by the European External Action Service which reports to the High Representative for Foreign Affairs. Delegates are generally sent only to capital cities and cities hosting multilateral bodies.

The EU missions work separately from the work of the missions of its member states, however in some circumstances it may share resources and facilities. In Abuja, the EU mission shares its premises with a number of member states.[2] The European Commission also maintains representation in each of the member states.[3] For details on diplomatic representation, see Foreign relations of the European Union#Diplomatic representation.

Europe

Africa

Americas

Asia

Oceania

Multilateral organisations

Non-resident Delegation

Resident in Bridgetown, Barbados

Resident in Suva, Fiji

Missions to open

Former Missions

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/delegations/docs/50_years_brochure_en.pdf Taking Europe to the world: 50 years of the European Commission's External Service
  2. Unified External Service of the European Commission Unified External Service of the European Commission
  3. Web site: Representations in Member States . European Commission . 2020-02-27.
  4. Web site: EEAS content . European External Action Service – European Commission.
  5. Web site: EU office in northern K. Mitrovica . 26 March 2010 . B92.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20100329131703/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=03&dd=26&nav_id=66055 . 29 March 2010.
  6. Web site: Madagascar | EEAS Website .
  7. Web site: Delegation of the European Union to Eswatini.
  8. Web site: Delegation of the European Union in Juba, South Sudan.
  9. Web site: About the EU Delegation to Indonesia and Brunei . Delegation of the European Union to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam . 2020-02-27.
  10. Web site: EU to open delegation in Kuwait – FM Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled . 13 July 2018 . Kuwait News Agency.
  11. Web site: Home . Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic.
  12. Web site: Home . Delegation of the European Union to the Lao PDR.
  13. Web site: Qatar: Establishment Agreement signed for opening of the EU Delegation in Doha | EEAS Website .
  14. Web site: Delegation of the European Union in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
  15. Web site: EU opens new office in Samoa . . 24 April 2014 .
  16. Web site: Delgva.ec.europa.eu . 23 January 2010 . 5 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111205102248/http://www.delgva.ec.europa.eu/en/role_delegation.htm . dead .
  17. Web site: PR German-Czech EU Presentation Credentials . Asean.org . 1 December 2010 . 13 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160413003219/http://www.asean.org/PR-German-Czech-EU-PresentationCredentials.pdf . dead .
  18. Web site: Delegation of the European Union to the Holy See, Order of Malta, UN Organisations in Rome and to the Republic of San Marino . . 22 December 2023.
  19. Web site: About the Delegation of the European Union to the Holy See, Order of Malta, UN Organisations in Rome, Republic of San Marino . 2021-01-21 .
  20. http://www.delvie.ec.europa.eu/en/ Delvie.ec.europa.eu
  21. Web site: EU to open office in Tehran in months . 7 November 2016 .
  22. Web site: Decision on Schengen visa waiver for Omanis soon . 7 June 2022 .
  23. Web site: European Union – Suriname Political Dialogue 2021 | EEAS .
  24. Web site: EU delegation to quit Suriname as part of cost-cutting . 4 January 2013 .
  25. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-232_en.htm European Commission Memo on Syria, 2014
  26. Web site: Yemen | EEAS Website .

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