This policy brief advances recommendations to creatively coordinate existing tools, instruments and resources across multiple policy areas to bolster the EU’s external action. For greater effectiveness, it suggests better coordination within EU delegations, smoother policy mainstreaming and the leveraging of the Team Europe approach in both crisis and non-crisis situations. 

This policy brief puts forward four recommendations to improve the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy's efficiency, allowing the union to become a more assertive global actor. Compiling pre-existent ENGAGE research, it offers three different avenues for policymakers to efficiently advance CFSP objectives through qualified majority voting.