ABSTRACT
This chapter explains a close examination of the diversity of style in foreign policy making in the member-states. In France and Britain the making of foreign policy in general and the framing of national positions for negotiations in the European Union (EU) in particular, are concentrated in central government. The various policy units of the Secretariat General du Comite Interministeriel (SGCI) deal with almost all sectors of European integration with the exception of Image result for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) issues which, like the former European Policy Centre (EPC) matters, have remained within the competence of the foreign ministry. The Danish foreign ministry supervises all governmental activities at the international level and holds the primary responsibility for overall foreign and European policy coordination. Ireland has a loose system of foreign and European policy making but at the same time a strong involvement of the prime minister in the making of foreign and European policies.
