ROMANIAN CONTRIBUTION TO CSDP. FROM THE LISBON TREATY TO THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF DECEMBER 2013 Cover Image

Contribuţia României la PSAC. De la Tratatul de la Lisabona la Consiliul European din decembrie 2013
ROMANIAN CONTRIBUTION TO CSDP. FROM THE LISBON TREATY TO THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF DECEMBER 2013

Author(s): Bogdan Lucian Aurescu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: ESDP; CSDP; security strategy; EU missions; Supreme Council of National Defence (CSAT

Summary/Abstract: The process of creating a European common policy in the field of security and defence is an enduring one, and the devolution of responsibili¬ties and decisions in this domain has been accom¬plished progressively, by a policy of small steps. The adoption of the Lisbon Treaty represents a turning point for the development of an EU Com¬mon Security and Defence Policy, both at the level of principles, as well as the instruments. Romania took an active part in the debate concerning the re¬form of EU’s institutions and policies, even during the candidature years. As a EU member state, our country confirmed its capacity to move from vision to action, by contributing with significant person¬nel to the EU’s missions deployed in the vicin¬ity and beyond. In preparation for the December 2013 European Council, dedicated to the Common Security and Defence Policy, Romania put forward a series of concrete proposals to revise the Euro¬pean Security Strategy

  • Issue Year: 47/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 5-12
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian