摘要：I intend to briefly examine some preconditions for the EU becoming a global power and present at least one argument why it must seek for such status. The term “global actor” will be used here in roughly the same sense as “global power”. The former term may even look preferable to some, because when speaking about global power it is difficult to avoid military connotations of the word “power”. There are practically no chances that in the foreseeable future the military power of the EU will become equal or near to equal to that of the US. Of course, some military capabilities of the EU may be substantially improved, to a degree even in the area of territorial defence, but likely without bigger increase in defence budgets. They may be much more enhanced in peace-keeping and crisis management.
