Walka o rozwój i bezpieczeństwo europejskie

Somebody who has carefully been watching the lots of our continent since the and of World War 2 is fully aware of the fact that the fight to secure its development and security has been on all the time. The European Union has undoubtedly been the driving force of that fight. Therefore the author tried to present in the article a complex and difficult to carry on European Union's battle to achieve the primary goal - to create conditions for comprehensive development and security on our continent. This fight has been considered in two aspects - the external (global) and the internal (within the Alliance) ones. It has to be stressed that the EU has been conducting this fight since its very beginning and its speed has not been slowed down. Existing external threats and selected EU members' and candidates' interests make the fight more and more complicated. Reaching assumed goals requires from European Union to posses appropriate (political, social and economic) power and most of all police - military power as a kind of ultima ratio regis. Due to the necessity of rapid and effective reaction, the EU is also forced to carry out a constant transformation of its structures and to enlarge by including new members.