The Solana process in Serbia and Montenegro: coherence in EU foreign policy.

At this nascent stage in EU foreign policy development, the focus must be on the near abroad, on the civil instruments at the EU's disposal, on setting the political agenda and on providing real added value in the field of civilian crisis management. The EU needs to be more forthcoming in setting out a coherent EU foreign policy agenda. Such foreign policy coherency necessitates greater synergy between internal EU foreign policy bodies. What has being missing to date is full coherency between the EU political agenda and EU civilian-based activity on the ground, as exemplified in the case of the Solana-brokered Belgrade Agreement in Serbia and Montenegro. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]