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Od początków rządów D. Camerona w Wielkiej Brytanii (2010) pogłębił się eurosceptycyzm, który doprowadził do polaryzacji społeczeństwa, referendum i Brexitu. Niemcy opowiadały się za pozostaniem Zjednoczonego Królestwa w UE, ale po wynikach referendum zapowiedziały twarde negocjacje na warunkach UE. Jednocześnie uznały, że stwarza to dobre perspektywy do pogłębienia współpracy w gronie 27 pozostałych państw. Największe problemy w negocjacjach koncentrują się wokół rozliczeń finansowych Londynu z Brukselą (ok. 60 mld euro), statusu obywateli Unii Europejskiej, zatrudnionych i przebywających na terenie Zjednoczonego Królestwa oraz granicy pomiędzy Irlandią Północną i Republiką Irlandii. Trudne rokowania dotyczą również kształtu nowej umowy handlowej pomiędzy Unią Europejską i Wielką Brytanią. ; Since the beginning of David Cameron's rule in the United Kingdom (2010) Eurosceptic sentiments have intensified, leading to a split in society, a referendum and, finally, Brexit. Germany was for the UK remaining in the EU, but after the referendum Germany announced the EU would negotiate hard to have its conditions met. Germany decided that Brexit provided favorable prospects for enhancing cooperation among the remaining 27 states. The most difficult negotiating items concern financial settlements between London and Brussels (ca. EUR 60 billion), the status of EU citizens employed and residing in the territory of the UK, and the North Ireland-Irish Republic border. The negotiations of a new trade agreement between the EU and the UK are also difficult.

This paper is an attempt to analyse European leadership and the role played by a reunited Germany in the European Union. The author proposes five fundamental theses: 1) the reunification of Germany ruined the balance of power in Europe; 2) the Eastern enlargement of NATO and the EU has moved the zone of political and military influence of the USA to the line of the Bug river; 3) the Germans have confirmed their position as a European power; 4) the foreign policy of Angela Merkel is a continuation of Gerhard Schroder's policy, meaning a transfer of the focus from European policy to prioritising German national interests; 5) the German issue has remained open. ; This paper is an attempt to analyse European leadership and the role played by a reunited Germany in the European Union. The author proposes five fundamental theses: 1) the reunification of Germany ruined the balance of power in Europe; 2) the Eastern enlargement of NATO and the EU has moved the zone of political and military influence of the USA to the line of the Bug river; 3) the Germans have confirmed their position as a European power; 4) the foreign policy of Angela Merkel is a continuation of Gerhard Schroder's policy, meaning a transfer of the focus from European policy to prioritising German national interests; 5) the German issue has remained open.

U tekstu se prikazuje sustav lokalne samouprave u dvije europske zemlje, Njemačkoj i Francuskoj. Obrađuju se razine, broj i vrsta teritorijalnih jedinica te organizacija i struktura njihovih lokalnih samouprava. Prikazuju se različiti institucionalni oblici međuopćinskog povezivanja i suradnje koji proizlaze iz duge tradicije, ali i teritorijalnih reformi novijeg datuma. Uspoređuju se modernizacijske i menadžerske reforme lokalne samouprave od 1980-ih na- dalje te se prati proces njihova provođenja koji se u Njemačkoj uglavnom pokretao odozdo (bottom-up), dok ga je u Francuskoj vodila središnja država (top-down). ; The authors have described local self-government systems in Germany and France. They have analysed the levels, the number and type of territorial units, and the organisation and structure of German and French local self-governments. Different institutional forms of intermunicipal cooperation and connections springing from a long tradition, as well as from relatively recent territorial reforms, are shown. Modernisation and managerial reforms of local self-government since the 1980s onwards are compared, together with the process of their implementation, which has been conducted bottom-up in Germany and top-down in France.

Autor razmatra politički profil Alternative za Njemačku kako bi pridonio razumijevanju njezine pojave u političkom životu Njemačke. Analizom izbornih programa provjerava njezin položaj na osi lijevo-desno te stavove o europskim integracijama, nacionalizmu i multikulturalizmu, te o ekonomskoj politici i demokraciji. Multivarijantnom regresijskom analizom ispituje prediktivnu snagu konfesionalnih, dobnih, obrazovnih, migracijskih i ekonomskih obilježja izbornih okruga u objašnjenju varijacije u postotku glasova. Istraživanjem biografskih obilježja članova vodstva stranke testira se pretpostavljena zajednička demografska i ideološka pozadina stranačke elite. Pokazalo se da Alternativa za Njemačku odudara od stavova drugih stranaka u gledanjima na Europsku uniju, nacionalizam, multikulturalizam i ekonomsku politiku, ali ne odskače značajno na osi lijevo-desno, kao ni prema stavovima o demokraciji. Za predikciju glasovanja za tu stranku najvažnijima su se pokazala regionalna (rascjep istok-zapad), dobna i ekonomska obilježja izbornih okruga. Biografska analiza stranačke elita otkriva visok postotak bivših članova njemačkih demokršćanskih stranaka, te prevlast starijih visokoobrazovanih muškaraca u njoj. ; This paper analyzes the political profile of the Alternative for Germany to contribute to the understanding of its emergence in the German political life. An analysis of electoral manifestos tests the party's left-right position, stances on European integration, nationalism, and multiculturalism as well as on economic policy and democracy. A multiple regression analysis examines the predictive power of religion, age, education, migration, and economic status as characteristics of electoral districts explaining the variation in the party's vote percentage. An assessment of biographies of the party's leadership tests the presumed common demographic and ideologic background of the party elite. The article shows that new party differs from other German parties regarding the EU, nationalism, and multiculturalism, and economic policy, yet does not represent an outlier on the left-right scale, nor in its stance on democracy. The study of predictors of the vote for the Alternative for Germany has shown that regional (East/West cleavage), age and economic characteristics of electoral districts hold most importance. The biographic analysis of the party elite reveals a high percentage of previous CDU/CSU members and a dominance of elderly, well-educated men.

Publikacja recenzowana / Peer-reviewed publication ; The article compares migration and asylum policies of Poland and Germany with particular attention paid to the events of 2015. Although matters of migration policy do not cause disagreements in bilateral relations, the issue of refugees is potentially controversial. It is not, however, purely a matter of bilateral relations between Poland and Germany, but also those with European Union itself, whose responses to the crisis have been delayed and not very effective. The humanitarian crisis has now become a structural crisis and the solutions proposed by the Commission do not promise to be successful. Moreover, the agreement with Turkey so far has fallen short of expectations.

Die Existenzbedingungen des Imperialismus haben sich qualitativ verändert. Der Imperialismus sieht sich dem Zwang ausgesetzt, sich diesen neuen Bedingungen anzupassen und das ist der Hauptfalktor für seine heutingen Besonderheiten. Anpassungsprozesse sind sowohl in der Aussenpolitik, besonders gegenüber den sozialistischen Staaten, als auch im Innern zu beobachten. In dem zweiten Fall reagiert die Monopolbourgeoisie auf den Zwang zur Anpassung vor allem mit einer Politik, die darauf gerichtet ist, die Arbeiterklasse mit zum Teil neukonstituierten alten, zum Teil mit neuen Mitteln und Methoden von ihrer revolutionären Rolle abzuhalten, sie von innen heraus zu untergraben und sie ,;in das System des Kapitalismus zu integrieren". Die Integrationspolitik, wie sie derzeit von dem Monapolkapital der BRD durchzusetzen versucht wird, stellt weder ein Abgehen von den Hauptmethoden imperialistischer Herrschaftstausübuing dar, noch bedeutet sie den Verzicht auf eine dieser Methoden. Sie erfasst, so wie in jeder Phase der kapitalistischen Entwicklung, zwei Hauptimethoden. Auf der einen Seite die Methode der Gewalt, auf der anderen Seite die Methode des "Libenalisimus" (die Richtung der Reformen, Zugeständnisse usw.). Der Rang dieser Methoden verändert sich abhängig von den jeweiligen Bedingungen. Die Bourgeoisie versucht zwar; der Gewaltandrohung gegenüber der Gewaltanwendung Vorrang zu geben und strebt mach einer neuen Vorstellung vom Gewaltapparat. Gleichzeitig jedoch wird dieser ausgebaut, um, falls notwendig, auch mit offenem Terror zu reagieren. Im sozial-ökonomischen Bereich des gesellschaftlichen Lebens versucht man, im Rahmen der Integrationspolitik solche Mittel anzuwenden, wie vor allem "Volksaktien", die Veränderung der Rolle der Gewerkschaften, verschiedene "Mitbestimmungs"- Modelle und man bemüht sich auch damit, dass die bourgeoisen Parteien grösseren Einfluss auf die Werktätigen ausüben. Die Integrationsbestrebungen können zwar vorübergehende Erfolge haben, aber letzlich können sie nicht die tiefen Widersprüche und Konflikte der heutigen kapitalistischen Gesellschaft überwinden. Dier Integrationspolitik steht der Widerspruch entgegen, "dass sie einem unerreichbaren Ziel nachjagt, mit Mitteln, die das Ziel ständig widerlegen". Von anderer Seite ausgehend gibt diese Politik dem Klassenkampf neue Impulse, weil sie auf den Versprechungen beruht, die nicht erfült werden können. ; Digitalizacja i deponowanie archiwalnych zeszytów RPEiS sfinansowane przez MNiSW w ramach realizacji umowy nr 541/P-DUN/2016

The article analyzes the European Union's policy towards refugees and asylum seekers, focusing primarily on 2014–2016. The author shows that a key role in the crisis related to refugees played by Germany, accepting on its territory without any preconditions thousands of people. In connection with the difficulties that have occurred for this reason, Germany tried to impose mandatory allocation of refugees on the individual Member States of the European Union, which has triggered an internal crisis in the organization. Only through cooperation with Turkey refugee crisis it was brought under control, but the European Union needs a strong policy in this regard, because the old solutions existing solutions do not appear. ; Artykuł analizuje politykę Unii Europejskiej wobec uchodźców i azylantów, koncentrując się przede wszystkim na latach 2014–2016. Autor pokazuje, że kluczową rolę w kryzysie związanym z uchodźcami odegrali Niemcy, przyjmując na swoje terytorium bez żadnych warunków wstępnych tysiące ludzi. W związku z trudnościami, które wystąpiły z tego powodu, Niemcy próbowały narzucić przymusowy podział uchodźców na poszczególne państwa Unii Europejskiej, co wywołało wewnętrzny kryzys w tej organizacji. Dopiero dzięki współpracy z Turcją kryzys uchodźczy udało się opanować, ale Unia Europejska potrzebuje zdecydowanej polityki w tym zakresie, bo dotychczasowe rozwiązania nie zdają egzaminu.

Artykuł analizuje politykę Unii Europejskiej wobec uchodźców i azylantów, koncentrując się przede wszystkim na latach 2014–2016. Autor pokazuje, że kluczową rolę w kryzysie związanym z uchodźcami odegrali Niemcy, przyjmując na swoje terytorium bez żadnych warunków wstępnych tysiące ludzi. W związku z trudnościami, które wystąpiły z tego powodu, Niemcy próbowały narzucić przymusowy podział uchodźców na poszczególne państwa Unii Europejskiej, co wywołało wewnętrzny kryzys w tej organizacji. Dopiero dzięki współpracy z Turcją kryzys uchodźczy udało się opanować, ale Unia Europejska potrzebuje zdecydowanej polityki w tym zakresie, bo dotychczasowe rozwiązania nie zdają egzaminu. ; The article analyzes the European Union's policy towards refugees and asylum seekers, focusing primarily on 2014–2016. The author shows that a key role in the crisis related to refugees played by Germany, accepting on its territory without any preconditions thousands of people. In connection with the difficulties that have occurred for this reason, Germany tried to impose mandatory allocation of refugees on the individual Member States of the European Union, which has triggered an internal crisis in the organization. Only through cooperation with Turkey refugee crisis it was brought under control, but the European Union needs a strong policy in this regard, because the old solutions existing solutions do not appear.

Tematyką artykułu jest narastające dynamicznie zjawisko eurosceptycyzmu, reprezentowane przez partie polityczne dwóch najważniejszych członków UE: Republiki Federalnej Niemiec i Wielkiej Brytanii. Celem pracy jest pokazanie genezy, analiza założeń, struktur i programów dwóch partii eurosceptycznych - AfD oraz UKIP, działających ofensywnie zarówno na krajowej, jak i europejskiej scenie politycznej. Ukazano je na tle otoczenia politycznego, analizując jego systemy partyjne i czynniki mające wpływ na ewolucję "buntu obywateli" wobec systemu wspólnotowego. Autor próbuje odpowiedzieć na pytania, czy omówione partie są w stanie wpłynąć w sposób bezpośredni na dotychczasową politykę europejską tych dwóch państw i zmienić perspektywę UE na najbliższe lata. ; The subject of the paper is the dynamically expanding phenomenon of euroscepticism, which is represented by the political parties of the two most important EU members: the Federal Republic of Germany and the UK. The aim of the study is to show the origins and analyse the assumptions, structures and programmes of these two eurosceptic parties - AfD and UKIP, which are highly active both on their respective national stages and on the European political arena. They are shown against the background of their political environment, analysing the party systems and the factors affecting the evolution of the 'revolt of citizens' against the Community system. The author tries to answer the questions of whether these two parties are able to influence the current European policy of their respective countries directly and change the EU perspective in the next few years.

Gerhard Schröder's appointment as Chancellor of Germany in 1998 marked the first clear signs of Germany's emancipation from the EU's decision-making center in Brussels. It was, however, only after 2008, when the global economic crisis resonated across Europe, that Berlin maturely redefined its European policy priorities. Following that, the federal government gained more confidence in applying international policy tools to protect the German raison d'état in the Old Continent. For this reason Chancellor Angela Merkel has made the struggle with the financial problems of the eurozone one of the priorities of her second-term in office. The quality of bilateral cooperation between the leaders of Germany and France plays an important role in this respect, especially in view of Nicolas Sarkozy's defeat in the latest presidential election. François Hollande has already proved that Paris has a different attitudeto the issue of the redistribution of the eurozone members' debt than Germany, and reaching a consensus will require the CDU leader to be more submissive than before. Angela Merkel is aware of the ongoing reconfiguration of European political alliances, therefore she is prepared to soften Germany's diplomatic language to maintain the stability of the European currency, to which Germany owes its current position in Community decision-making structures. The main focus of this paper is to explore the formula of "European solidarity" of Germany in the context of the eurozone debt crisis, with particular emphasis on the case of the Hellenic Republic. Angela Merkel's standpoint is tested in the context of German-French cooperation with respect to the eurozone debt clearing policy. ; Gerhard Schröder's appointment as Chancellor of Germany in 1998 marked the first clear signs of Germany's emancipation from the EU's decision-making center in Brussels. It was, however, only after 2008, when the global economic crisis resonated across Europe, that Berlin maturely redefined its European policy priorities. Following that, the federal government gained more confidence in applying international policy tools to protect the German raison d'état in the Old Continent. For this reason Chancellor Angela Merkel has made the struggle with the financial problems of the eurozone one of the priorities of her second-term in office. The quality of bilateral cooperation between the leaders of Germany and France plays an important role in this respect, especially in view of Nicolas Sarkozy's defeat in the latest presidential election. François Hollande has already proved that Paris has a different attitudeto the issue of the redistribution of the eurozone members' debt than Germany, and reaching a consensus will require the CDU leader to be more submissive than before. Angela Merkel is aware of the ongoing reconfiguration of European political alliances, therefore she is prepared to soften Germany's diplomatic language to maintain the stability of the European currency, to which Germany owes its current position in Community decision-making structures. The main focus of this paper is to explore the formula of "European solidarity" of Germany in the context of the eurozone debt crisis, with particular emphasis on the case of the Hellenic Republic. Angela Merkel's standpoint is tested in the context of German-French cooperation with respect to the eurozone debt clearing policy.

Publikacja recenzowana / Peer-reviewed publication ; Norwegia jest jednym z największych eksporterów gazu ziemnego oraz ropy naftowej do państw unijnych. Bezpieczeństwo energetyczne Norwegii oparte jest na elektrowniach wodnych, które prawie całkowicie pokrywają zapotrzebowanie na energię elektryczną państwa. Norwegia i Niemcy mają długą tradycję współpracy w sektorze energetycznym. Planowane połączenie systemów przesyłowych energii elektrycznej tych państw przyczyni się do zwiększenia bezpieczeństwa energetycznego Niemiec oraz wzmocni pozycję tego państwa na wspólnym rynku energii UE. Celem artykułu jest analiza znaczenia współpracy energetycznej pomiędzy Niemcami a Norwegią. ; Norway is one of the biggest natural gas and oil exporters to the European Union states. Norway's energy security is based on water power, which covers almost the whole demand for electricity of the state. Norway and Germany have a tradition in a long term cooperation in the energy sector. The prospective integration of the electricity systems of both countries will support the energy security of Germany and strengthen the position of this country on the EU internal energy market. The aim of this article is to analyse the significance of energy cooperation between Germany and Norway.

Pitanje kako formirati vladu ako izborni rezultat nije dovoljno jasan za određivanje kontura za njezino oblikovanje otvara se kada stranke nisu jasno obznanile svoje saveze prije izbora ili kada izborni rezultat nije izlučio apsolutnu većinu u korist jedne ili druge predizborno stvorene koalicije stranaka. Njemački odgovor daje prednost većinskom elementu nad ideološkim elementom. Umjesto stava da najbrojnija parlamentarna stranka nužno mora vladati ili da sukob dviju najvećih stranaka apsolutno isključuje njihov savez u postizbornom vladanju političke stranke smatraju da obvezatno moraju djelovati kako bi se institucionalno stvorila većina potrebna za vladanje. Njemačka doktrina iznosi da nužnost raspolaganja radno sposobnom vladom vrijedi više od stranačkih ideoloških razmatranja i prosudbi. U zbilji njemačkog parlamentarnog sustava predsjednik SR Njemačke predlaže za kancelara osobu koja na temelju objavljenog pismenog koalicijskog sporazuma zaključenog u prethodnom postupku formiranja vlade, prije započinjanja formalnog ustavom propisanog postupka, dokazuje da uživa apsolutnu većinu svih zastupnika u Bundestagu. U Velikoj Britaniji ustavna se zagonetka o formiranju vlade u slučaju da izbori ne rezultiraju apsolutnom većinom za pojedinu stranku u Donjem domu rješava ustavnom konvencijom. Od aktualne vlade očekuje se da podnese ostavku ako postane jasno da neće moći dobiti povjerenje Donjeg doma te ako postoji jasna alternativa. Ustav Republike Hrvatske (čl. 98.) određuje obvezatno obavljanje konzultacija, odnosno provedbu neformalnog prethodnog postupka za formiranje vlade. Takav postupak u praksi čine istražni koalicijski razgovori i završni dogovor vidljiv u koalicijskom sporazumu (SR Njemačka) ili na listi potpisa većine svih zastupnika (Hrvatska). ; The question of how to form the government if the election result is not sufficiently clear to determine the contours of its design presents itself when the parties have not made clear alliances before the elections, or if the election result did not produce an absolute majority in favour of either electoral alliance created before the elections. The German response to this problem favours the majority element over the ideological element. Instead of the view that the largest parliamentary party must necessarily rule, or that the conflict between the two largest parties absolutely excludes a post-electoral alliance, political parties consider it essential to try to institutionally create the majority required to govern. According to the German doctrine the necessity to have a working government at disposal is worth more than the party-oriented ideological considerations and positions. In the reality of the German parliamentary system, the German President proposes for a Chancellor a person who, based on a published written coalition agreement concluded in the previous procedure of forming the government, before the formal constitutionally prescribed due process, proves that he or she enjoys the confidence of an absolute majority of all the members of the Bundestag. In the UK, the constitutional puzzle of forming the government in the event that elections do not result in an absolute majority for a party in the House of Commons, is dealt with by a Constitutional convention. The current government is expected to resign if it becomes clear that it will not be able to secure the confidence of the House of Commons, and if there is a clear alternative. In Croatia, the President of the Republic gives the mandate to form the Government to the person who, upon the distribution of seats and consultations with parliamentary parties, enjoys the confidence of the majority of all the representatives. Giving the mandate to form the government without proof of consultations in previous proceedings (the list of signatures) provided to the head of a coalition that receives the most votes (a relative majority) would be unconstitutional.