University of Cologne

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• The concepts of security and liberty in the framework of the European Union: the case of the EU’s external action

  1 July 2008
  The concepts of Liberty and Security, both in a theoretical perspective and in view of their role in the formulation and implementation of virtually all policies in a modern polity, acquire a special place in the framework of the European Union. Taking into account the rapid development of a variety of EU policies that revolve around these concepts, this special place merits extensive attention. This is particularly important for the analysis of the development of a distinct foreign policy/external action of the EU, in the framework of which the concepts of liberty and security acquire a significant role.