THE EUROPEAN UNION AS AN ACTOR OF MODERN SAFETY

Artykuł porusza problematykę genezy procesu integracyjnego w Europie Zachodniej, a ściślej powstania Unii Europejskiej. Jej głównym motorem napędowym w obszarze bezpieczeństwa europejskiego jest Wspólna Polityka Bezpieczeństwa i Obrony. Autor w sposób syntetyczny przedstawia jej genezę, proces ewolucyjny, funkcjonowanie oraz jej zadania od 1992 r., czyli od podpisania Traktatu w Maastricht, aż do dnia dzisiejszego.The European Union fills Europe with itself – it also tries to do this by building its international identity. Its impact on the “rest of the world” is also shown by the EU position on economics, demographics and its political potential. The main goal of the EU is to play a key role on the international scene. Since the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the Ukrainian-Russian Donbass conflict, the European Union remains firmly committed to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The European Union’s response is to desire a strengthening of security in the activities of key entities for Polish security – NATO and the USA. But unfortunately the EU’s reaction to Russia’s actions proved inadequate to the ambition of playing a key role in the field of security and was limited primarily to diplomatic pressure and economic sanctions