Establishment of the European Union Army - A coordinated response to threats and a reduction of the EU's dependence on external actors

Jedinstvena vojna snaga Europske unije projekt je koji se u zadnjem desetljeću često spominje u europskom političkom prostoru zbog učestale prisutnosti značajnih ugroza sigurnosti EU. Temeljna svrha ovog istraživanja je istražiti je li uspostava takve vojne snage moguća obzirom na trenutne institucionalne i zakonodavne uvjete EU i njezinih država članica te koje su prednosti, a koji nedostaci takve ideje i kako bi njezino ostvarivanje koristilo europskim interesima. Iako izrazito popularno pitanje unutar europske zajednice, vojna snaga EU rijetko se pojavljuje kao tema znanstvenih istraživanja. Kvalitativnim istraživanjem prednosti i nedostataka vojske EU, potrebnih okolnosti za njezinu uspostavu i očekivanim rezultatima u unutarnjem, regionalnom i globalnom kontekstu, ovaj rad nastoji ponuditi odgovore na prethodno neodgovorena pitanja poput isplativosti samog projekta i mogućnosti njegove realizacije. Za istraživanje su korištene deduktivna i induktivna metoda te metoda analize. Rezultati provedenog istraživanja pokazuju uravnotežen odnos prednosti i nedostataka samog projekta, otkrili institucionalnu prazninu unutar EU sigurnosti koju bi jedinstvena vojna sila mogla ispuniti te zamjetne globalne, regionalne i unutarnje značajke za Europsku uniju.The unified military force of the European Union is a project that has been frequently mentioned in the European political space in the last decade due to the frequent presence of significant threats to EU security. The main purpose of this research is to investigate whether the establishment of such a military force is possible given the current institutional and legislative conditions of the EU and its member states, what are the advantages and disadvantages of such an idea, and how its realisation would benefit European interests. Although an extremely popular issue within the European community, EU military force rarely appears as a topic of scientific research. By qualitatively researching the advantages and disadvantages of the EU army, the necessary circumstances for its establishment, and the establishment and the expected results in the internal, regional, and global context, this paper seeks to offer answers to previously unanswered questions such as the profitability of the project itself and the possibility of its realisation. Deductive and inductive methods, as well as analysis methods were used for this research. The results of the conducted research show a balanced relationship between the advantages and disadvantages of the project itself, revealed an institutional gap within EU security that a unified military force could fill, and noticeable global, regional, and internal features for the European union