EU foreign policy co-operation: A millstone or a multiplier for the UK?

Submission to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee inquiry on the costs and benefits of EU membership for the UK's role in the world.

By participating actively in EU foreign policy co-operation, the UK can get 27 other countries to take co-ordinated actions aligned with British aims. It could achieve even more if it invested more political and human resources in working with EU partners on foreign policy issues. If the UK left the EU, it would gain some freedom of manoeuvre, but at the cost of policy impact.