title: French initiatives regarding the creation of the European Union Armed forces as an autonomous power unit
abstract: The article is dedicated to the initiatives of the President of France E. Macron and the Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel to promote in the EU projects related to the ideas of the “European Armed Forces”. The EU crises in the second decade of the 21st century, paradoxically intensified the trend towards autonomy of foreign policy and security, since they gave rise to attempts by the main “engine” of this association – France and Germany even before coming to power E. Macron to create 
journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)