The European Union Institute for Security Studies should have legal personality and work in complete intellectual independence, while maintaining close links with the Council and having due regard for the general political responsibilities of the European Union and its institutions ...
The European Union Institute for Security Studies (‘the Institute’) should assist the European Union and its Member States in the implementation of the common foreign and security policy (CFSP), including the common security and defence policy (CSDP), as well as other external action of the Union, under the political supervision of the Council and the operational direction of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR).
