An Overview of the European Union Instruments Contributing to the Internal Security of the Organization and its Member States

Abstract

European Union being a complex organization has been launched in order to increase quality of the EU citizens’ life. Mainly aimed at building economic and social well-being through inclusivity and integrity processes which are regulated by the EU and its Member States [1]. The EU security is a natural and necessary condition for the postulated well-being of human kind. Therefore, the EU has been investing and regulating also internal security domain for many years now. There are several policies and instruments that were designed and implemented to meet the expectation of the ‘Europe which protects’. Different EU bodies administrate many of these mechanisms, although they are aimed at achieving the same goal – EU citizens safety and security. The article presents a review on the key EU policies and instruments in order to analyze them towards their EU internal security implications. Finally, it presents overall picture of the EU crisis response logic and synergy what is the aim of the article.