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Unit Two: Actors of the Global Political System

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Step Four – THE EUROPEAN UNION

THE EUROPEAN UNION

International actorness is achieved when an entity, clearly and unequivocally distinguished from other entities in the international system.
The EU has considerable influence as a global economic actor (“Market Power”), aims at being a “Normative Power” (soft power to project norms and values) and projects to be a “Military Power” (development of the Common Security and Defence Policy - CSDP)