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* '''[[European Defence Community]]''': The EDC was a defence community proposed in the 1950s soon after the creation of the [[European Coal and Steel Community]]. The founding treaty failed to be ratified and the project was abandoned.

* '''[[Western European Union]]''': The WEU was created after the failure of the EDC, an organisation composed of those states who were members of both NATO and EU. Partially dormant, its tasks have been in part transferred to the EU. It's not yet certain whether the WEU will remain an independent organisation or be eventually fully merged into the EU.

==European Security==

The [[European Security Strategy]] is the policy document that guides the [[European Union|European Union's]] international security strategy, setting out it's main priorities and identifying the main threats, such as [[terrorism]], proliferation of [[weapons of mass destruction]], regional conflict, [[failed state]]s, and [[organised crime]]. The strategy was published and agreed upon by EU leaders in December 2003. It was developed by [[Javier Solana]], High Representative of the [[European Union|European Union's]] [[Common Foreign and Security Policy]].

== See also ==