In an interview granted to the French daily newspaper Le Monde, published on 29 March 2003, Javier Solana, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union, sets out his role in international crisis management, incumbent upon him as High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and emphasises that the responsibility for establishing common positions, as well as responsibility for the domain of foreign policy, lies primarily with the Member States of the European Union.