The European political cooperation (EPC) was introduced informally in 1970 in response to the Davignon report and was formalised by the Single European Act with effect from 1987. EPC can refer to Electronic Product Code European Patent Convention (the Convention instituting the European Patent Organisation) European Political Community European Political Cooperation Event-driven Process Chains (EPCs in computer sciences) Engineering, Procurement and Construction This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... The Single European Act (SEA) was the first major revision of the Treaty of Rome. ...
The object is consultation between the Member States in foreign policy matters. Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel. ...
The Member States have regard for the views of the European Parliament and wherever possible take common positions in international organisations. EPC was superseded by the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... The Common Foreign and Security Policy or CFSP was established as the second of the three pillars of the European Union in the Maastricht treaty of 1992, and further defined and broadened in the Amsterdam Treaty of 1997. ...
The European Council defines the principles and general guidelines for the CFSP as well as common strategies to be implemented by the EU.
A Political and Security Committee or PSC, which monitors the international situation in the areas covered by the CFSP and contributes by delivering opinions to the Council of Ministers, either at its request or its own initiative, and also monitors the implementation of agreed policies.
The CFSP can be considered the outgrowth and replacement of the EuropeanPoliticalCooperation which had been formally established in the Single European Act (in effect since 1987), and informally introduced already from 1970 in response to the Davignon report.
EuropeanPoliticalCooperation has become known as the joint foreign policy of the now twelve Member States of the European Community.
It manifests itself through a variety of documents: official declarations, speeches delivered on behalf of the Twelve in international fora, answers to questions by members of the European Parliament, etc. The range of topics treated in those documents is generally underestimated for the documents themselves are not easily accessible.
We also express our support to the Secretary-General in his mission of good offices and ask those concerned to cooperate with him in the search for a solution to this problem of international concern and to refrain from words or actions that might adversely affect the prospects of a solution by peaceful means.
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