Funkcje i dysfunkcje, czyli redefinicje zadań współczesnego państwa w Europie

The focus of the paper is to indicate a new division of the functions of the European state. The assumption is that mere self-attribution of certain functions by individual states does not determine the actual possibility of their realization in the contemporary world. Numerous tasks of the state in Europe today require international cooperation. The role of the state and its powers must therefore be redefined in the near future. A balance of the functions and dysfunctions of the state presented in the paper is a suggested way of defining the authority and power of the state in an international context.