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SIŁY ZBROJNE UNII EUROPEJSKIEJ
ARMED FORCES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Author(s): Piotr L. Wilczyński, Natalia Adamczyk
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense, Military policy, Welfare systems
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne
Keywords: Common Security and Defence Policy;European Union;armed forces;European security

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the analysis of the process of building European militarycapabilities in the political and institutional dimension, as well as the analysis of theEU Member States military capabilities. The aim is to sketch the genesis of the politicalprocess, which assumes the construction of the EU's armed forces (the European army),taking into account the priorities of the new EU Security Strategy 2016 as well as theimplications in the implementation of the adopted assumptions. The main part of thearticle refers to the analysis of statistical data regarding the size and equipment of thearmy of individual EU states and their distribution in the region. On this basis, it wasalso possible to define the general and military power of the EU states.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 100-122
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish
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