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As an EU civil servant, you use digital tools for international collaboration. According to the functions and principles of the EU in the digital and diplomatic fields, which of the following statements best describes the role of the European External Action Service (EEAS) in coordinating the Union's international action? The EEAS acts as the main provider of artificial intelligence services for the Union, developing and deploying AI algorithms to resolve international conflicts without external political supervision. The EEAS works under the guidance of the High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, and its key function is to contribute coherence and coordination to the Union's international action, working closely with the member states' ministries of foreign affairs and defense. The EEAS is exclusively responsible for the technical implementation of the Cybersecurity Directive (NIS2) in all national defense ministries, acting as a direct supervisory authority. The EEAS has the exclusive authority to apply the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in private financial institutions of the EU, replacing national data protection authorities in supervising sensitive data. The EEAS directly manages all cloud operations of the European Commission, ensuring that citizens' data of the EU are stored exclusively on servers located within the Union's borders to comply with the GDPR.
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