Abstract:
The policies and concrete stimulation measures of European Union’s common activities in the field of security and defence are examined in this paper, as well as the financial coverage of these common actions. Also, the way of the defence-related national budgets adjustment was analysed, especially after the year 2014. A set of the instruments are exposed in this work regarding the cooperation between the EU and NATO. Certain ideas concerning the creation of a common army of the EU member states are also presented.