<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A founding member of the European Union, France is nowadays still considered, alongside Germany, as one of the two „engines” of European integration. And this applies not only for the economic or social sphere, as France has also played a preeminent role in the historical process of European defence integration. Acknowledging the French contributions to the European defence project, in this paper we subject to analysis the military importance of France for the Union. Using the analysis of social documents and the case study method, we argue that this country’s high level of military integration in the European Union is not at all fortuitous, as is not due to impermanent favourable evolutions</p></abstract>

A founding member of the European Union, France is nowadays still considered, alongside Germany, as one of the two „engines” of European integration. And this applies not only for the economic or social sphere, as France has also played a preeminent role in the historical process of European defence integration. Acknowledging the French contributions to the European defence project, in this paper we subject to analysis the military importance of France for the Union. Using the analysis of social documents and the case study method, we argue that this country’s high level of military integration in the European Union is not at all fortuitous, as is not due to impermanent favourable evolutions

France’s Military Importance for the European Union

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A founding member of the European Union, France is nowadays still considered, alongside Germany, as one of the two „engines” of European integration. And this...

France’s Military Importance for the European Union

Pubblicato online: 26 lug 2018

Pagine: 180 - 184

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2018-0026

Parole chiave
common defence, European Union, France, military integration

© 2018 Marius Pricopi, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

France’s Military Importance for the European Union

Pubblicato online: 26 lug 2018

Pagine: 180 - 184

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2018-0026

Parole chiavecommon defence, European Union, France, military integration

© 2018 Marius Pricopi, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
common defence, European Union, France, military integration