L'union de l'Europe occidentale et la construction européenne de sécurité

Western european union and the european construction of security

• Auteur / Autrice : Petros Theodoropoulos
• Direction : Jean-François Guilhaudis
• Type : Thèse de doctorat
• Discipline(s) : Sécurité internationale et défense
• Date : Soutenance en 1992
• Etablissement(s) : Grenoble 2

Mots clés

Mots clés contrôlés

Union de l'Europe occidentale

Défense

Sécurité internationale

Mots clés libres

Science politique

Politique etrangere relations internationales

Résumé

L'ueo a ete creee en octobre mille neuf cent cinquante-quatre dans le cadre des accords de paris afin de resoudre deux problemes etroitement lies : le rearmement de l'allemagne et le renforcement de la securite de l'europe occidentale. Pendant les trente premieres annees, l'ueo reste un spectateur engage de la construction europeenne. En etant la premiere organisation de controle des armements, elle permet l'instauration d'un climat de confiance entre les europeens de l'ouest. Elle est utilisee comme un instrument pour faciliter le deblocage de la construction europeenne pendant les annees soixante et contribue a l'adhesion de la grande-bretagne aux communautes europeennes. Pendant les annees soixante-dix le conseil de l'ueo ralentit son activite. En revanche son assemblee se penche sur les questions de securite et de defense europeenne et souligne la specificite de l'organisation dans ce domaine. Apres mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-quatre l'ueo est reactivee et devient un acteur de la construction europeenne de securite. Au debut elle reste un forum a l'interieur duquel les questions de securite sont abordees entre europeens. Avec l'effondrement du bloc de l'est la construction europeenne de securite s'accelere et l'ueo devient l'acteur central de la reorganisation du systeme de securite occidental. Elle est une organisation autonome de compromis qui permet a la fois le renouvellement de l'otan et la mise sur pied d'une politique de defense europeenne.

The weu was created in october nineteen fifty-four within the context of the paris agreements in order to resolve two problems closely connected : the rearmament of west germany and the consolidation of western european security. During the first thirty years weu did not develop its activities unlike the other european organizations. It remained a committed spectator of european construction. The weu was the first organization in the domain of arms control and contributed to the establishment of a climate of trust between the western european countries after the two world wars. It also became a framework within which great britain tried to approach the six european community members which were at the same time its partners in the weu. After great britain's membership to the european communities the assembly of the weu took charge of its essential activity. It forced the council to reaffirm the competence of the weu in the domain of european defence and security. The weu has become an actor of european security construction since its revitalization, in october nineteen eighty-four. Over the course of five years it has been a forum within which europeans discuss questions concerning security. Since the collapse of communism the weu has been the central actor in the reorganization of the western security system. The wey is the organization that allows the renovation of nato and at the same time, the establishment of a european defence policy.