In an article published in the journal Internationale Spectator in August 1990, Hans van den Broek, Netherlands Foreign Minister, describes the security structures in Europe and looks at the Netherlands’ role in the future of the European Communities.

The Treaty on European Union, signed by the Twelve at Maastricht on 7 February 1992, especially provides for a common foreign and security policy (PFSC).

Schematische Darstellung der Interaktion zwischen den unterschiedlichen Organen der Europäischen Union in den Bereichen der Gemeinsamen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, gemäß dem Vertrag über die Europäische Union, der am 7. Februar 1992 unterzeichnet wurde und am 1. November 1993 in Kraft trat.

On 12 May 1992, in connection with the future enlargement of the European Union, an internal note from the European Commission addresses the question of the political and legal consequences of enlargement on the common foreign and security policy (CFSP).

In June 1992, the French monthly magazine Le Monde diplomatique speculates as to whether the Twelve will succeed in implementing a coherent common foreign policy in the European Communities.

On 18 December 1992, the European Parliament adopts a resolution in which it calls for the implementation of a common foreign policy by the Twelve.

On 26 May 1995, the conservative daily newspaper La Libre Belgique sincerely hopes that a European army will be created as part of a European security policy.

On 18 July 1996, the European Parliament adopts a resolution on progress in implementing the common foreign and security policy (CFSP) during 1995.

‘And now: United for Europe!’ In 1999, in response to the conflagration in the Balkans, the cartoonist Fritz Behrendt speculates on the real capacity for action of Javier Solana, appointed High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy.

In diesem Interview spricht der ehemalige luxemburgische Außenminister Jacques F. Poos über die Rolle der Europäischen Politischen Zusammenarbeit (EPZ) in der Außenpolitik, insbesondere in der Gemeinsamen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (GASP).

On 8 March 1995, the European Commission sends a Communication to the Council and the European Parliament in which it submits a series of proposals for the implementation of a Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.

On 20 November 1995, the Spanish daily newspaper El País analyses the objectives of the Barcelona Conference of 27 and 28 November, during which the European Union lays the foundations for the establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean Association

In November 1995, the French monthly newspaper Le Monde diplomatique analyses the implications of the Barcelona Conference due to be held on 27 and 28 November, which would lay the foundations for the Euro-Mediterranean Association initiated by the European Union.

On 21 May 1996, the Brussels Declaration sets out the decisions taken at the ministerial Euro-Mediterranean Conference on industrial cooperation, held in Barcelona.

On 31 May 1996, the conclusions of the Euro-Mediterranean ministeral conference on the information society held in Rome emphasise the importance of strengthening cooperation between the Euro-Mediterranean partners in the fields of telecommunications and information technology.

On 19 March 1995, the French daily newspaper Le Monde sets out the issues surrounding the forthcoming Conference on Stability in Europe, due to be held in Paris for the representatives of the 52 member states of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

On 3 December 1995, the French daily newspaper Le Monde explains the economic issues surrounding the Joint EU-US Action Plan.