The role of the EU

In class, we discussed that the EU is an economic agreement in order to create more liberal policy in regards to trade, economic policy, and even policy in movement of peoples. But this however, seems to step outside of the boundaries of what the EU was made for. Will the EU begin to evolve into a more powerful IGO and even have a military presence? What will the future of the EU look like?

Here is a video about the EU training soldiers in Somalia.