The paper deals with the institutional framework of EU Foreign Policy under the Lisbon
Treaty. After introductory notes with regard to the development of the Common Foregin and
Security Policy within the EU, the first part of the article is dedicated to the position of the President
of European Council with a term of two years and the half. The special attention is paid to the
relations among the President of European Council, the President of Commission and the High
Representative. In the second part of the article the author analyses the competences of the High
Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. One of the Lisbon Treaty’s innovations is the
creation of a new European External Action Service (EEAS), intended as a diplomatic corps that will
oversee not only Europe’s huge aid and humanitarian budget but also relations with countries around
the world. Thus the third part of the article is dedicated to the EEAS. In the fourth part, the observer
status of the EU in the United Nations is analyzed. Within the concluding observations, the author
sums up presented observations and especially emphasizes the importance the institutional reform,
including the observer status in the UN, for the future development of the EU Foreign Polic
