THE FUTURE COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY. WILL THE TREATY OF LISBON BE ABLE TO BRIDGE THE CAPABILITIES – EXPECTATIONS GAP?
THE FUTURE COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY. WILL THE TREATY OF LISBON BE ABLE TO BRIDGE THE CAPABILITIES – EXPECTATIONS GAP?

Summary/Abstract: More than fifteen years after engaging in the endeavors of giving a political and security muscle to the already powerful economic European Union, there is still a good deal of work that needs to be done. Most of the institutions necessary for carrying out the security and defence tasks are already at work and still the European Union is rather shy in undertaking such responsibilities. The article is centered around the possible answers to the question of the extent to which the new by no means constitutional but still reform Treaty of Lisbon will be able to strengthen the authority of the European Union, in a very sensitive and highly important area for its respectability, as an effective actor on the world stage.

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