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EU a NATO: partneri ci superi
In: Medzinárodné otázky: časopis pre medzinárodné vzt'ahy, medzinárodné právo, diplomaciu, hospodárstvo a kultúru = International issues = Questions internationales, Volume 12, Issue 3, p. 61-70
ISSN: 1210-1583
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Slovenská Republika - prístupový proces do EÚ: prehl'ad rozvojovej politiky
In: Finance a úvěr 53.2003,3/4, Mimořádná příl.
Dobri partneri robia dobre vzfahy: Vnimanie novych, clenskych statov EU
In: Mezinárodní vztahy: Czech journal of international relations, Volume 49, Issue 4, p. 28-42
ISSN: 0543-7989, 0323-1844
This paper analyses the perception of the new member states of the EU (the 2004 and 2007 entrants) by the old member states' representatives. The text utilizes an updated version of image theory and it is based on 24 interviews with diplomats from permanent representations of the old member states in Brussels. It argues that the mutual perception between the EU member states has an impact on coalition building and thus also on the decision-making process of the EU. Although the newcomers are perceived positively in general terms, there are several differences between them in terms of their activities and behaviour at the EU level as well as in the cultural area. The paper therefore divides the newcomers into groups according to the image that is ascribed to them (the four general images are those of a close ally, a passive ally, a distant ally, and a detached ally). Adapted from the source document.
Implementace environmentalni politiky EU v Ceske republice: problemy s dodrzovanim prava?
In: Politologicky Casopis, Volume 20, Issue 3, p. 236-257
Within the context of the ongoing scholarly debate on post-accession compliance in the Central and Eastern European new member states, this paper examines the implementation of EU environmental policy in the Czech Republic since 2004, focusing on the transposition and application of six EU directives. It argues that, while the Czech Republic has had some difficulty complying with EU environmental law since becoming a member state, overall its performance in this area does not conform to pessimistic scenarios, but instead presents a more complex and differentiated picture. It also discusses the main factors inhibiting and supporting the implementation of EU environmental policy in the Czech Republic, showing that these tend to vary according to the specific issue or directive concerned. Adapted from the source document.
Vymahani pravidel v rozsirene, postlisabonske a postkrizove EU: Smerem ke vnitrounijni kondicionalite?
In: Mezinárodní vztahy: Czech journal of international relations, Volume 49, Issue 4, p. 43-63
ISSN: 0543-7989, 0323-1844
The article analyses the changes in norm enforcement in the EU that were triggered by the Eurozone crisis. It attempts to demonstrate that the Eurozone crisis contributed to a 'transplantation' of conditionality instruments (which traditionally exist within the EU's external relations) into the internal operations of the European Union. In particular, the article identifies which new internal rule-enforcement mechanisms of the EU share common structural features with the external EU conditionality (e.g. a vague legal framework; the use of the expertise of non-EU actors; an excess of competencies conferred to the EU; the institutional weakening of the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Court of Justice; the format of the sanctions). The article comes to the conclusion that the formation of the EU's internal conditionality occurred mainly within the instruments aimed at the crisis management of public finances of the Eurozone states (the EFSF, the EFSM, and the ESM), but it also concludes that there was an expansion of the new EU conditionality into other areas of the European integration, such as the Schengen cooperation and cohesion policy. Adapted from the source document.
15 + 10: European identities ; [eine Ausstellung anlässlich des EU-Beitritts zehn neuer Mitgliedsländer am 1. Mai 2004]
In: Kataloge des Österreichischen Museums für Volkskunde 84
Migracne trendy v Slovenskej republike po vstupe krajiny do EU (2004 2008)
In: International issues & Slovak foreign policy affairs, Issue 2
ISSN: 1337-5482
Energeticka narocnost: determinanta zmen toku fosilnich paliv a implikace pro EU a CR
In: International issues & Slovak foreign policy affairs, Issue 3, p. 86-88
ISSN: 1337-5482
Exekutivni vladnuti jako novy model politiky v Evropske unii? Krizova politika EU a jeji dopady na politicky system
In: Mezinárodní vztahy: Czech journal of international relations, Volume 49, Issue 4, p. 9-27
ISSN: 0543-7989, 0323-1844
The EU crisis has brought about fundamental impacts on the constitutional framework of the EU governance. The internationalization of EU law, the strengthening of the intergovernmental form of decision making with the crucial role of the European Council and the corresponding weakening of parliamentary bodies can be seen as symptoms of a shift of the EU towards an executive form of federal governance. However, this trend may not be interpreted simply as a 'return' of the sovereign state as the key actor within the European polity, as it might be according to traditional theories of emergency powers. The decision making is de facto relocated from the political level to the level of administration. Thus, instead of de-parliamentarization, we can speak about de-politization or a reconfiguration of the political. The crucial role here - even in decisions of summits of the European Council and the Euro Council - is played by administrative bodies, particulary those of the Council Secretariat and the Commission's services. While the economic crisis is (hopefully) already overcome, the overcoming of the crisis of democracy is not in sight. Adapted from the source document.
Zavery summitu EU v Koline nad Rynom a postup SR pocas finskeho predsednictva: Okruhly stol, Bratislava 23.6.1999
In: Zbornik SIMS, 3/1999
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