The influence of three individual European Member States on the form and scope of the European Defence Union

This bachelor thesis examines the domestic preferences of three European Member States about the form and scope of the EDU, and the influence on the form and scope. Therefore, the research question is: ‘To what extent does the attitude of the European Member States towards a European Defence Union influence the scope and form of the formation of the European Defence Union?’ France is considered to be a pacesetter while Germany and Poland are fence-sitters for different domestic and political reasons. The consequences are a grimmer EDU; this entails that the pace of the progress of the EDU could be slowed down or get stuck at the current pace.