Structural Principles in EU External Relations Law

Marise Cremona is Emeritus Professor at the European University Institute, Florence.

• Part I: The Concept of Structural Principles1. Structural Principles and their Role in EU External Relations LawMarise Cremona2. Structural Principles in EU Law: Internal and External Loïc Azoulai3. Enforcement of and Compliance with Structural Principles Edoardo ChitiPart II: Relational Principles4. To Give or To Grab: The Principle of Full, Crippled and Split Conferral of Powers Post-Lisbon Inge Govaere5. Subsidiarity as a Structural Principle Governing the use of EU External Competences Geert De Baere6. Conferral, Cooperation and Balance in the Institutional Framework of EU External Action Christophe Hillion7. Pars Pro Toto: The Member States’ Obligations of Sincere Cooperation, Solidarity and Unity Joris Larik8. The Principle of Transparency in EU External Relations Law: Does Diplomatic Secrecy Stand a Chance of Surviving the Age of Twitter? Päivi Leino9. The Rule of Law as a Relational Principle Structuring the Union’s Action Towards its External Partners Ilaria VianelloPart III: Systemic Principles10. ‘Building Coherent EU Responses’: Coherence as a Structural Principle in EU External Relations Mireia Estrada Cañamares11. The Search for Effectiveness and the Need for Loyalty in EU External Action Anne Thies12. The Principle of Autonomy: An Adolescent Disease of EU External Relations Law? Jed Odermatt

[T]his book is essential reading for researchers specialized in EU external relations law, who wish to investigate crucial questions relating to the specific nature of the EU external system, as well as for legal scholars trying to unravel the complexity of the EU’s constitutional order, to which the rules governing its external relations clearly contribute.