Unia Europejska jako liczący się partner globalny. Prawda czy iluzja?
The EU as a significant global partner. Truth or illusion?

Summary/Abstract: The European Union wants to play an important role in the world in the face of changes underway on the international scene. The aim of the article is to try to define the EU’s position on the international stage compared to the countries of greatest global importance. The research problem is therefore the assessment of the EU’s importance and position as a global partner in relation to the current world powers in the context of territorial, socio-economic and military criteria. The authors of the article put forward the thesis that the current power structure in the world and the challenges it involves position the European Union as a major global partner. The main method used in the article is analysis of the literature of the subject, supplemented by review of the available state of knowledge and research. The use of these methods allowed to distinguish a set of criteria necessary for the assessment of the EU’s global position. In addition, the authors use comparative analysis, collating the collected data, which made it possible to present the EU against the background of countries with a well-established global position in each of these criteria. According to the authors, it can be concluded that, taking into account socio-economic criteria, the EU’s position in the world is very strong in these areas and supplies grounds for the perception of the EU as a global partner. However, other criteria, such as the functioning of the overarching power, the ability to pursue a coherent foreign policy and the capacity to defend borders remain areas that require a much greater integration commitment in order for the EU to be called a real global partner.

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