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2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
THE EUROPEAN UNION is a meta-state - it is not a state yet, but it is no longer a regional organization. The EU has the attributes of statehood in the form of its own currency, customs area, bodies of governance, parliament, central bank, but there are still national governmental agencies while the powers of EU bodies in the sphere of defense and security are very limited. On the one hand, national government institutions enjoy clear priority; on the other, members of both the EU and NATO delegate part of their sovereignty in the sphere of defense and security to NATO agencies. As a result, a split system of sovereignty is the most prominent characteristic of countries in the European Union. The system of governance in the EU is excessively bureaucratic, excessively geared to reaching consensus and thus does not provide for sufficient concentration of power enabling prompt and resolute action in crises.
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