The European Security and Defence – between "strategic autonomy" and independence
The European Security and Defence – between "strategic autonomy" and independence

Summary/Abstract: Even before being legally regulated and becoming a self standing policy, the idea of security and defence in the European Union has sparked a lot of debates and anxiety, as well as some sense of disillusion, which, along with the lack of initiative, or better said the lack of desire to follow through these initiatives, have prevented the coagulation of a common and independent European defence. The growing pressure that the European Union is experiencing, as a result of the increasing threat level within the region as well as on the periphery of Europe, has led to the re establishment of the European ambition of strategic independence in the field of security and common defence. Thus, since the publication of its Global Strategy in 2016, a series of steps have been taken in this direction, including: the creation of the European Defence Fund, the Permanent Structured Cooperation and the Coordinated Annual Defence Analysis. Building on these premises, our study follows the recent political and legal developments in the EU’s security and defence structures, identifying the Union’s effective capabilities to move towards a real independence in this area.

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