Abstract (eng)
The Security and Defence Policy of the European Union has its origins in the fifties of last century, dating back to the Pleven plan, which first called for a pooling of European defense policy and field capacity. After years of Euro-sclerosis, the policy field developed rapidly with the Treaties of Maastricht, Amsterdam and Nice, but only by the Lisbon Treaty, as the current primary law, the CSDP was created and further developed. Today, the EU does not have its own military capabilities, but acts upon multinational groups from the Member States and common defense structures. Strategic basis form the Petersberg tasks and the security doctrine in the revised version of 2008. Despite many advances, the CSDP shows major deficits and raises doubts whether there can be really spoken of a "common security policy". However, the status quo is a fundament to further develop the policy of the EU and the next steps are already being planned. The thesis describes and analyzes this current state and provides an overview of future developments - from a Europeanized defense sector, a White Paper for security up to the polarizing debate over a European army.