Foreign policy of the EU

Docs en anglais | 9 pages | 30-09-2008 | Format : | Note : Non noté

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Résumé

To what extend is the EU's role as a civilian power compatible with its enhanced military commitments?

Extract:

"As a union of 25 States with over 450 million people producing a quarter of the world's Gross National Product (GNP), the European Union is inevitably a global player... it should be ready to share in the responsibility for global security and in building a better world". This quotation of Javier Solana, the European Union's high representative, is clearly a good illustration of the goals developed by the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union (CFSP). Indeed, as the second pillar of the European Treaty of Maastricht (1993) the CFSP is based on five main objectives, (renewed by the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997) which are all linked with the establishment of security areas inside and outside the European Union. Moreover, this aim of security is also correlated with the principle of defence, which is developed and organized inside the European Union's Security and Defence Policy...

Table of contents:

Introduction

I) Two concepts: civilian power and military dimension
II) The military commitment of the European Union is launched and cannot be stopped

Conclusion

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