Annotation: The article is devoted to coverage of one of the topical theoretical and practical problems within the framework of the functioning of the European Union, as the formation of independent forces of the European Union; consideration of the united European army as a means and necessary element of ensuring the existence of a sovereign Europe; on the basis of domestic and international experience, the analysis of possible positive and negative aspects of the creation of its own autonomous armed forces within the European Union and the feasibility of implementing this idea in general.