An introduction to European political integration

Abstract

The students’ textbook “An introduction to European political integration” is for students who study the training course "European Political Integration: Historical Retrospective and Nowadays" and is the implementation result of the Erasmus + Jean Monnet Modules European Political Integration: Historical Retrospective and Nowadays" 621046-EPP-1-2020-1-UA-EPPJMO-MODULE. Particular attention is paid to the formation and development of the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy, the formation of the EU's crisis management function in the security and defense sector. The course actualizes the EU's transition from the three-pillar structure to the completion of the EU as a legal entity and global actor in international relations and the European security space.