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According to the Treaty of Lisbon and the fundamental mission of the European External Action Service (EEAS), which of the following statements best describes the main mechanism that ensures the coherence and coordination of the Union's international action? The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, who is also Vice-President of the European Commission, exercises the political guidance of the EEAS and coordinates the international action, bringing together the resources of the Commission, the Council, and the Member States. Coherence is achieved through the direct subordination of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) to the executive authority of the European Commission, which directs all diplomatic missions. The EEAS acts exclusively under the direction of the European Council, ensuring that the EU's foreign policy automatically aligns with the decisions of the Heads of State without the involvement of the Commission. Coordination is based on the creation of a new independent institution, the Council of Foreign Affairs, which assumes all the diplomatic functions of the EEAS and acts independently of the Presidency of the European Council.
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