The thrust of EU foreign policy has traditionally been based on the export of norms, rules, and standards of democratic governance. However, at the international level, in its immediate neighbourhood, and within its own borders, the EU finds itself increasingly confronted to actors contesting the legitimacy of these principles and, more generally, of the rules around which political systems are organised. This has been true, in various ways and to differing degrees, of China’s challenging – and Donald Trump’s undermining – the international liberal order, of Russia’s violation of Ukraine’s political sovereignty, and of European populist governments’ encroaching on the Rule of Law. How has EU foreign policy been impacted by, and has reacted to, these dynamics?

The discussion will build and reflect on the findings of Work Package 5 of the EU-LISTCO project, which has been co-led by CIDOB and Sciences Po-CERI, and on its latest policy paper (David Cadier and Christian Lequesne, How Populism Impacts EU Foreign Policy, EU-LISCTO Policy Paper 8, November 2020).

Speakers

● Tanja A. Börzel, Freie Universität Berlin (FUB)

● David Cadier, Sciences Po-CERI

● Stephanie Hofmann, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)

● Pol Morillas, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)

Chair

● Christian Lequesne, Sciences Po-CERI

For more information visit the original event webpage on sciencepo.fr.