Modernizacja Unii Europejskiej w dobie kryzysu i kształtowania się nowego ładu globalnego

Szanse i zagrożenia

Abstract

Modernization of the European Union in the times of crisis and the new global order. Threats and opportunities

This study is devoted to the modernization of the European Union and constitutes an endeavour to present the heart of the matter, the internal and external circumstances, beginning with the UE’s political system, its policies and leaders and concluding with the financial and economic crisis and the processes of building a new international order and of globalisation. The study comprises two primary sections. In the first, the author sets out the essence, the circumstances for the modernization of the European Union and the objectives thereof, while the second part looks at the opportunities for, and threats to, that modernization. The entire work is rounded off with a summary, from which it emerges, expressis verbis, that the EU has been drifting for years and is in urgent need of a far‑reaching modernization which will renderit an active entity in international relation and a vital link in a multipolar global order. The alternative to this scenario is increasing erosion and, finally, the disintegration of the European Union, which would constitute a critical threat to both Europe and the individual states. The work was compiled on the basis of a broad spectrum of source materials and in line with the research methodology employed in the social sciences, particularly when it comes to political science and the science of international relations. In calling upon such methods as the analysis, description and exegesis of documents and comparative research, the author attained the research objective he had set for himself and what we are dealing with here is both a solid diagnosis of the EU’s present situation and status and a picture of the opportunities for, and threats to, its future in a multipolar world.