The EU global strategy: the dynamics of a more politicized and politically integrated foreign policyFootnote¹

1 This work was supported by the EU’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (grant number 693244 [MENARA Project]). This publication reflects the views only of the authors and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. This article also falls within the EU-NormCon research project (Normative Contestation in Europe: Implications for the EU in a Changing Global Order), funded by the National R + D Plan of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competiveness (CSO2016-79205-P).

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