European Union Battlegroups – a dillusion cornerstone of the EU military capabilities

• Authors: Anna Llanos-Antczak

Title variants

PL

Grupy Bojowe Unii Europejskiej – kamień węgielny rozczarowania zdolnościami wojskowymi UE

Abstracts

PL

Celem artykułu jest wskazanie roli, jaką mogą odegrać Grupy Bojowe Unii Europejskiej w budowaniu potencjału politycznego i militarnego. W artykule omówiono genezę grup bojowych, ich rodzaje, zasady działania i skład. Artykuł dostarcza także ocenę procesu decyzyjnego dotyczącego wykorzystania grup bojowych, ich zadań i celów. Artykuł zawiera również analizę faktycznego wykorzystania Grup Bojowych UE i kończy się omówieniem przyczyn słabości systemu. Podjęto próbę znalezienia odpowiedzi na pytanie: jaki mógłby być wkład grup bojowych w budowanie potencjału Unii Europejskiej i umacnianie jej pozycji na arenie międzynarodowej?

EN

This article aims at pointing out the role that could be played by the European Union Battlegroups in building its political and military potential. The article discusses the genesis of the battlegroups, their types, principles of operation and composition. It continues with the evaluation of the decision-making process regarding the use of battlegroups, their tasks and objectives. The article also provides the analysis of the actual use of the EU Battlegroups and ends up with the discussion of the causes of the system weakness. It tries to provide an answer to the following question: what is the contribution of the battle-groups to building the European Union’s potential and strengthening its position on the international arena?

Keywords

EN

European Union; battlegroups; capabilities; hard power; soft power

PL

Unia Europejska; grupy bojowe; zdolności; twarda siła; miękka siła

• Publisher: Akademia Marynarki Wojennej (Polish Naval Academy), Gdynia, Poland
• Journal: Colloquium Wydziału Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych AMW
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 97-115

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Anna Llanos-Antczak

• Akademia Ekonomiczno-Humanistyczna w Warszawie

• https://orcid.org/0000000323421521

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Identifiers

DOI

10.34813/07coll2022

Biblioteka Nauki

2079851