Numerous EU documents have said security must be coupled with development as a guiding principle for the Union's external action.
The 2003 European Security Strategy and the 2012 Agenda for Change - the EU's security and development bibles - promise to enhance coherence between development co-operation, humanitarian aid, and the common security and defence policies (CSDP and CFSP).
It is more than mere rhetoric.
In recent years, we have seen the EU roll out an impressive ran...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.