Tentative de creare a unui sistem european de securitate și apărare în perioada Războiului Rece
Attempts at Creating a European Security and Defense System during the Cold War

Summary/Abstract: In spite of significant efforts, not even nowadays can the European Union be regarded as an (emerging) military superpower. The study above deals mainly with the complex history of the idea which, along several decades, led to what is, at this very moment, a more and more coherent (even if not properly supported by all necessary resources) common defense policy of the EU. The first stage was, in the late 1940s the effort to build and operate and economic space able, in the long run, to mobilize and use, in case of need, a large amount of military power. Later on, in 1950, Churchill directly asked for an instrument he called European Army. Later on, WEU was established. The study evaluates, with a lot of details, complex relationship between NATO and Europe’s own military efforts. The final pages focus the attention on a distinct problem, more and more obvious and significant: the gap(s) between USA and Europe, which make(s) a stronger and stronger joint continental defense effort more necessary than ever before.

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