Recommendation to the Council taking stock of the functioning of the EEAS and for a stronger EU in the world

Reference A9-0045/2023Committee AFET

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How the groups voted

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The Left38

7244369%

S&D144

123331595%

Greens/EFA72

The European Parliament adopted by 451 votes to 133, with 48 abstentions, a recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy taking stock of the functioning of the EEAS and for a stronger EU in the world.Parliament noted that the role of the European External Action Service (EEAS) is at the heart of the implementation of the EU’s foreign, security and defence policies and must show the way to a more comprehensive approach. The EU needs to keep moving forward towards its own and autonomous European diplomacy in all areas, including public and cultural, economic, climate, digital and cyber diplomacy, among others, led by an EU diplomatic service…