THE COMMUNITARIZATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION’S DEFENCE POLICY

Abstract

Povzetek V prispevku se zagovarja teza, da postopni koraki, začeti z institucionalnim okvirjem, ki ga je postavila Lizbonska pogodba leta 2009, prek sprejetja Globalne strategije Evropske unije leta 2016 do nedavnih političnih pobud in vpeljanih mehanizmov ter njihove implementacije na področju obrambne politike, omogočajo komunitarizacijo te politike. Prek izkušenj, številnih političnih pobud in njihove uspešne implementacije ter zavedanja o sodobnih geopolitičnih spremembah s tradicionalnimi in novimi varnostnimi grožnjami se lahko počasi ustvarja politična volja držav članic. Ta je potrebna za proces komunitarizacije, ki dolgoročno lahko vodi k oblikovanju Evropske obrambne unije. Ključne besede Obramba politika, Evropska unija, komunitarizacija. Abstract This paper argues that incremental steps, beginning with the institutional set-up framed by the Lisbon Treaty in 2009, through the adoption of the EU Global Strategy in 2016, to recent policy initiatives, endorsed mechanisms and their implementation in the field of defence, are paving the way towards its communitarization. The political will of Member States could be gradually generated through experience, through a number of policy initiatives and their successful implementation, and through the awareness of the contemporary geopolitical changes with traditional and new security threats. The process of communitarization is dependent on the Member States’ political will, and could eventually lead towards building a European Defence Union. Key words Defence policy, European Union, communitarization.