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Europeiska kommissionens roll inom EU:s säkerhetspolitik

Rhodiner, Alice LU (2025) EUHK30 20251
European Studies
Abstract
Europe has undergone major changes since the beginning of the cold war and the last decade has proven to be a very challenging chapter. To reach a consensus, EU’s member states would have to cooperate, but the tools to achieve this were absent. With the introduction of the Treaty of Amsterdam the member states had to submit to the ruling of the European Parliament. The result was significantly strengthened security policies. I have made use of earlier research of Eu’s security policies to make my own observations and conclusions of how the European Commission's role has changed during this period. Indicators such as Permanent Structured Cooperation, Neofunctionalism, Intergovernmentalism have been considered as part of the analysis. The... (More)
Europe has undergone major changes since the beginning of the cold war and the last decade has proven to be a very challenging chapter. To reach a consensus, EU’s member states would have to cooperate, but the tools to achieve this were absent. With the introduction of the Treaty of Amsterdam the member states had to submit to the ruling of the European Parliament. The result was significantly strengthened security policies. I have made use of earlier research of Eu’s security policies to make my own observations and conclusions of how the European Commission's role has changed during this period. Indicators such as Permanent Structured Cooperation, Neofunctionalism, Intergovernmentalism have been considered as part of the analysis. The study is conducted through a qualitative text analysis of key EU policy documents. This is complemented by process tracing to identify causal mechanisms. I have also investigated policy documents that shed light on the European Defense Fund and how that was implemented. The study concludes that the Commission has become a central actor in EU security politics. (Less)
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author
Rhodiner, Alice LU
supervisor
organization
course
EUHK30 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Europeiska kommissionen, Europeiska unionen, Säkerhetspolitik, Neofunktionalism, Intergovernmentalism, EU-integration, Europastudier
language
Swedish
id
9205741
date added to LUP
2025-07-29 13:29:45
date last changed
2025-07-29 13:29:45
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  abstract     = {{Europe has undergone major changes since the beginning of the cold war and the last decade has proven to be a very challenging chapter. To reach a consensus, EU’s member states would have to cooperate, but the tools to achieve this were absent. With the introduction of the Treaty of Amsterdam the member states had to submit to the ruling of the European Parliament. The result was significantly strengthened security policies. I have made use of earlier research of Eu’s security policies to make my own observations and conclusions of how the European Commission's role has changed during this period. Indicators such as Permanent Structured Cooperation, Neofunctionalism, Intergovernmentalism have been considered as part of the analysis. The study is conducted through a qualitative text analysis of key EU policy documents. This is complemented by process tracing to identify causal mechanisms. I have also investigated policy documents that shed light on the European Defense Fund and how that was implemented. The study concludes that the Commission has become a central actor in EU security politics.}},
  author       = {{Rhodiner, Alice}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Europeiska kommissionens roll inom EU:s säkerhetspolitik}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}