The Visegrád Group as a Vehicle for Promoting National Interests in the European Union: The Case of the Czech Republic

This contribution asks whether sub-regional integration projects such as the Visegrád Group may be understood as mechanisms for pursuing one Group member’s national interests while it stands at the European Union’s helm. I assess this question based on the case of the first Visegrád Group member to...

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Autor principal:	Neuman Marek
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Lenguaje:	CS EN SK
Publicado:	Sciendo 2017
Materias:	european union council rotating presidency visegrád group the czech republic agenda-setting eastern partnership energy security human rights democracy promotion Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1b66e644b9464b0586a616fc4ada5d142021-12-02T19:09:21ZThe Visegrád Group as a Vehicle for Promoting National Interests in the European Union: The Case of the Czech Republic1801-342210.1515/pce-2016-0022https://doaj.org/article/1b66e644b9464b0586a616fc4ada5d142017-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/pce-2016-0022https://doaj.org/toc/1801-3422This contribution asks whether sub-regional integration projects such as the Visegrád Group may be understood as mechanisms for pursuing one Group member’s national interests while it stands at the European Union’s helm. I assess this question based on the case of the first Visegrád Group member to assume the EU Council presidency: the Czech Republic. Examining three specific policy areas – the reinvention of the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood policy; the strengthening of EU energy security; and the incorporation of a stronger human rights and external democratisation approach into EU foreign policy – this case study presents a mixed picture. It confirms the potential of the Visegrád Group to be a vehicle for furthering the national preferences of one Group member while it holds the rotating EU Council presidency. Whether or not this potential is fully realised will depend primarily on the degree to which the interests of the four Visegrád countries converge.Neuman MarekSciendoarticleeuropean unioncouncil rotating presidencyvisegrád groupthe czech republicagenda-settingeastern partnershipenergy securityhuman rightsdemocracy promotionPolitical scienceJCSENSKPolitics in Central Europe, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 55-67 (2017)
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description	This contribution asks whether sub-regional integration projects such as the Visegrád Group may be understood as mechanisms for pursuing one Group member’s national interests while it stands at the European Union’s helm. I assess this question based on the case of the first Visegrád Group member to assume the EU Council presidency: the Czech Republic. Examining three specific policy areas – the reinvention of the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood policy; the strengthening of EU energy security; and the incorporation of a stronger human rights and external democratisation approach into EU foreign policy – this case study presents a mixed picture. It confirms the potential of the Visegrád Group to be a vehicle for furthering the national preferences of one Group member while it holds the rotating EU Council presidency. Whether or not this potential is fully realised will depend primarily on the degree to which the interests of the four Visegrád countries converge.
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title	The Visegrád Group as a Vehicle for Promoting National Interests in the European Union: The Case of the Czech Republic
title_short	The Visegrád Group as a Vehicle for Promoting National Interests in the European Union: The Case of the Czech Republic
title_full	The Visegrád Group as a Vehicle for Promoting National Interests in the European Union: The Case of the Czech Republic
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The Visegrád Group as a Vehicle for Promoting National Interests in the European Union: The Case of the Czech Republic

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