The European Council on Foreign Relations

The European Foreign Policy Scorecard is an innovative project that will provide a systematic annual assessment of Europe’s performance in dealing with the rest of the world. The project starts with 2010 – “year zero” for the new foreign policy framework that was created by the Lisbon Treaty, including the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and the External Action Service. From this baseline, it will be possible in future years to follow Europe’s progress and setbacks across a range of key foreign policy issues. The scorecard assesses the performance of the 27 member states and the EU institutions on 80 policy areas arranged around six key themes: relations with China, Russia, and the United States, policy in the Wider Europe, and performance in crisis management and in multilateral issues.

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Click on one of the 6 chapters below to access the results:

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Read the foreword by Piero Gastaldo, Secretary General of Compagnia di San Paolo

Downloads and audio

• Interview with co-lead author Justin Vaïsse (audio)
• Scorecard 2010 (PDF Version)
• Interview with Jonas Parello-Plesner - China (audio)
• Interview with Jana Kobzova - Russia (audio)
• Interview with Mark Leonard - USA (audio)
• Interview with Dimitar Bechev - Wider Europe (audio)
• Interview with Richard Gowan - Crisis management (audio)
• Interview with Richard Gowan - Multilateral issues (audio)