scholarly journals The impact of the EU accession process and EU funding on the professionalization of national interest groups: the Slovenian case

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Maloney ◽  
Mitja Hafner-Fink ◽  
Danica Fink-Hafner
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
National Interest ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
Accession Process ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The Impact of the Cyprus Conflict on Turkey's EU Accession Process

2021 ◽  
pp. 48-61
Author(s):  
MARI AVETISYAN
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
European Council ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Accession Process ◽  
Cyprus Conflict ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Near Future ◽  
The Eu

Abstract: This study aims to analyze the impact of the Cyprus conflict on Turkey-EU relations while considering several factors: 1) the EU conditionality approach, 2) Turkish-Greek relations, 3) component problems of the Cyprus conflict 4) the recent developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and their impact on Turkey-EU relations. The main focus is on the documents and decisions of different bodies of the EU and how they link the Cyprus conflict to Turkey’s accession process and how Turkey reacts to them. For this purpose, a content analysis of documents, decisions, and protocols issued by the European Council and Commission and Progress Reports on Turkey is conducted. The conclusions drawn from the research are the following: 1) the Cyprus conflict and Turkey’s tense relations with Greece have negatively impacted and continue to impact Turkey-EU relations, 2) Turkey, to some extent, conformed to EU conditionality when it did not refer to the Cyprus conflict, 3) the problems of rights to ports/airports of Cyprus and the issues of property and IDPs shape the strained relations between Turkey and the EU, and finally 4) the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean concerning rights to hydrocarbons currently and in the near future will determine the geopolitical dynamics in the region. Keywords: Turkey-EU relations, Cyprus conflict, Greece, conditionality, “TRNC”, accession.

scholarly journals Exploring successes and failures of the CEEC in the context of the EU accession. The milk and beef sectors in the Czech Republic and Poland

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (No. 5) ◽  
pp. 189-198
Author(s):  
M. Bavorova ◽  
H. Hockmann ◽  
A. Pieniadz
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Theoretical View ◽  
Accession Process ◽  
Future Policy ◽  
Policy Direction ◽  
The Eu

The paper reviews experiences from the accession process of Poland and the Czech Republic, two countries with different accession conditions regarding the agri-food sector. The paper has two main aims. First is to discuss the scope of action in the EU and in the acceding countries from a game theoretical view. The second aim is to identify the reasons for successfully providing beneficial accession criteria. Investigating two selected agricultural sectors does this: milk and beef production. Our overall argument is that the actions, which nations and interest groups have undertaken with regard to the EU accession and future policy direction are, at least partially, a function of different external restrictions and internal national patterns; i.e., the relevance and structure of agriculture and the bargaining power of interest groups.

How the Hard Right “Europeanized” Homosexuality

2018 ◽  
pp. 57-83
Author(s):  
Conor O'Dwyer
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
Quantitative Content Analysis ◽  
Lgbt Rights ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Lgbt Issues ◽  
Accession Process ◽  
The Eu

This chapter presents a framework for understanding the consequences of hard-right electoral breakthrough for the framing of homosexuality and LGBT rights. It begins by describing the extant framings of homosexuality under late communism in Poland and the Czech Republic. It then compares how the differing electoral success of hard-right political parties over the course of the EU accession process led to differing degrees of reframing homosexuality in both countries. In Poland, hard-right mobilization transformed the framing of LGBT rights by linking them with EU accession, which it portrayed as a threat to national identity. Because the Czech Republic did not experience hard-right backlash, the predominant framing of LGBT rights did not become as closely identified with the EU. The final part of the chapter moves from framing contests to frame resonance by presenting a quantitative content analysis of LGBT issues in both countries’ press from 1990 through 2012.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document