The European External Action Service (EEAS) is the diplomatic service and combined foreign and defence ministry of the European Union (EU). The EEAS is led by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP), who is also President of the Foreign Affairs Council and vice-president of the European Commission, and carries out the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), including the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).
The seat of the EEAS in the European Quarter of Brussels
The Kortenberg building, which houses most EEAS bodies related to the Common Security and Defence Policy
The EEAS main building under construction in 2007, as seen in the distance across the Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium
The delegation in Washington, D.C., the first to be upgraded to an EU embassy.