scholarly journals Understanding public Euroscepticism

2021 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Simona Guerra
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Small Step ◽  
Positive View ◽  
European Citizenship ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Grassroots Level ◽  
Eu Referendum ◽  
British Case ◽  
The Eu

Euroscepticism has become more and more embedded both at the EU and national levels (Usherwood et al. 2013) and persistent across domestic debates (Usherwood and Startin 2013). This study presents an in-depth analysis of contemporary narratives of Euroscepticism. It first introduces its question related to understanding public Euroscepticism, following the British EU referendum campaign and outcome, to then present the established literature, and the analysis of the British case study. A survey run in Britain in May 2019 shows that, as already noted by Oliver Daddow (2006, 2011), Euroscepticism is very much identifiable in the traditional narratives of Europe as the Other. Context accountability (Daddow 2006) is still cause for concern in Britain and by assuming a more positive view of a European Britain (Daddow 2006) does not make the debate more informed. Images, narratives and specific issues to reform the Eurosceptic toolbox into a more neutral, but informative, instrument could be applied at the grassroots level, as the post-referendum demonstrations and manifestations have shown. British citizens are reclaiming their own European citizenship, and deconstructing existing Euromyths can be a first small step forward.

‘But the Last Word Is Ours’: The Monopoly of Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Light of the Investment Court System

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 1187-1220
Author(s):  
Francisco de Abreu Duarte
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
General Framework ◽  
External Action ◽  
The Other ◽  
Court System ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
The One ◽  
The Eu

Abstract This article develops the concept of the monopoly of jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) through the analysis of the case study of the Investment Court System (ICS). By providing a general framework over the criteria that have been developed by the Court, the work sheds light on the controversial principle of autonomy of the European Union (EU) and its implications to the EU’s external action. The work intends to be both pragmatic and analytical. On the one hand, the criteria are extracted as operative tools from the jurisprudence of the CJEU and then used in the context of the validity of the ICS. This provides the reader with some definitive standards that can then be applied to future cases whenever a question concerning autonomy arises. On the other hand, the article questions the reasons behind the idea of the monopoly of jurisdiction of the CJEU, advancing a concept of autonomy of the EU as a claim for power and critiquing the legitimacy and coherence of its foundations. Both dimensions will hopefully help to provide some clarity over the meaning of autonomy and the monopoly of jurisdiction, while, at the same time, promoting a larger discussion on its impact on the external action of the EU.

scholarly journals From the Stereotypification of the Non-European Other to the Prototypification of the European Self: A Case Study of Turkey’s Membership to the European Union from the French Perspective.

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariane Bogain ◽  
Florence Potot
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The Other ◽  
European Identity ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Press ◽  
Collective Psyche ◽  
Opinion Polls ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Eu

In an era of increased globalisation, the need for a sense of belonging and an identity is becoming more pressing. The way nations form images of others and, conversely, conscious or unconscious images of themselves is becoming increasingly important as these images impact on public opinion and on political and decision-making discourse. With the development of supranationalism in Europe, the age-old notion of European identity has come more and more to the fore. Conflicting interpretations and a general disinclination to consider the matter leave the notion of European identity as polysemic as ever. Furthermore, the expansion of the EU has contributed to blurring this notion, so much so that in the collective psyche, it has become closely linked to the membership of the European Union and it is proving sometimes difficult to dissociate one from the other. In this context, the debate surrounding Turkey’s membership of the EU gives an insight into prototypical and stereotypical representations of Europe. As the controversy has been particularly salient in France, the aim of this study is to explore the European self-conceptions and images of the other through the example of France’s opposition to Turkey’s membership of the EU. For this purpose, opinion polls and the Press will be used as forms of narrative in order to highlight these representations and how they have evolved in time. The first part of the study will concentrate on the arguments put forward to justify the opposition to Turkey joining the EU. The second part will then evaluate how the image of the other contributes to the prototypical representation French citizens have of Europe.

Effects of Technical Adsorbents and Cleaning Agents in a Cement Matrix – A Case Study

2003 ◽  
Vol 807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mårten Dario ◽  
Mireia Molera ◽  
Bert Allard
Keyword(s):  
Degradation Products ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cement Matrix ◽  
Alkaline Degradation ◽  
Cleaning Agents ◽  
Filter Aid ◽  
Acrylonitrile Polymer ◽  
Adsorbent Materials ◽  
The Eu

ABSTRACTThe effects of organic cleaning agents (totally three) and degradation products from solid technical adsorbents (two) on the sorption of Eu on cement and TiO2 were measured with variation of concentration (0.001–10 % of the water phase for the cleaning agents, alkaline degradation products corresponding to 0.03–8 mM DOC for the adsorbents) and reaction time (up to 420 d). The effects of the cleaning agents Industrikombi and Prefect Citron were minor. The degradation of the ion exchanger (metaacrylic polymer) had no significant effect on the Eu-sorption. The other adsorbent (filter aid, inert fibre; acrylonitrile polymer) was rapidly degrading at high pH, and the degradation products had a significant reducing effect on the sorption of Eu at added DOC-levels in the mM-range. This category of adsorbent materials should not be incorporated in a cement waste matrix or be stored in a cementitious environment together with radionuclides.

Beyond the Bosphorus?

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Wimmel
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
The Other ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Interpretation Patterns ◽  
The Eu

This article examines the impact of national borders on public discourses, based on a case study of the struggle surrounding Turkey’s application to join the European Union (EU). Comparing opinions, reasons and interpretation patterns in quality press commentaries about enlarging the EU beyond the Bosphorus, the article confirms the importance and robustness of national cleavages between the German and the French public spheres on the one hand and the British public sphere on the other. Whereas Turkish membership was predominantly rejected on the continent, the British commentators strongly and almost unanimously supported Ankara’s request. These similarities and divergences, I argue, are first and foremost the result of competing visions of Europe’s finality, especially regarding various constitutional ideas and cultural principles. Against this background, the Turkey question was partly exploited as an instrument to advance or to suppress different concepts on the future of European integration.

Uncharted waters: The social and equality impacts of Brexit

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-178
Author(s):  
Eve Hepburn
Keyword(s):  
Legal Rights ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
European Citizenship ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
European Health ◽  
Economic Analyses ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Domestic Law

This research provides an overview of the potential social impacts of Brexit on individuals and communities in Scotland. It complements economic analyses of Brexit, which tend to focus on impacts on businesses, the economy and GDP. The paper begins by discussing the impacts of the Brexit referendum on people in Scotland since June 2016 to the present day, which include slower economic growth and immigration uncertainty. The research then explores the potential impacts of Brexit going forward under three scenarios: a hard Brexit, a softer Brexit and a no-trade deal Brexit. People's legal rights, access to funding and public services, and employment, housing and consumer spending prospects are then analysed from the perspective of different equalities groups. An in-depth analysis of potential impacts is also provided through a case study on women. The key findings are that the potential socioeconomic effects of any type of Brexit will likely to be widespread across equalities groups; and equalities groups are also likely to feel the shared loss of EU funding, European citizenship and other EU social rights and protections that are not transposed into domestic law or which will likely come to an end (i.e. European Health Insurance Card). However, the likelihood of these impacts happening depends on several variables, as yet unknown, including the closeness of the future UK-EU relationship, trade agreements with other countries, and the UK Government's post-Brexit policy agenda.

The Juncker Commission

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Damage Control ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
The Other ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Eu Legislation ◽  
Institutional Profile ◽  
The One ◽  
Eu Commission ◽  
The Eu

The primary goal of this book is to trace the European Commission’s strategies of dealing with the politicisation of EU legislation. In a case study on President Jean-Claude Juncker's term of office, the authors of this volume analyse how the EU Commission set and advanced certain political priorities between 2014 and 2019. The analysis focuses on the ten political priorities which the Juncker Commission retained in all of its annual work programmes from its inception onwards, starting with its self-proclaimed role as a ‘political commission’. However, this study’s assessment of the ‘politicisation’ of integration policy is ambiguous: On the one hand, the Juncker Commission deliberately adopted politicised issues and tried to use them as opportunities for political leadership as well as to hone its own institutional profile. On the other hand, controversies and crises repeatedly forced the EU Commission to resort to damage control. With contributions by Matthieu Bertrand, Christoph Bierbrauer, Grigoriani Bougatsa, Sarah Gansen, Sanni Kunnas, Andreas Marchetti, Katarzyna Nowicka, Thomas Panayotopoulos, Dominique Roch, Martin Selmayr, Katherine Simpson, Robert Stüwe, Henri De Waele, Liska Wittenberg.

scholarly journals Selection of training methods in systems dedicated to detection of chemical hazards

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Dobrowolska-Opała ◽  
Grzegorz Gudzbeler
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Substance ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Training Module ◽  
Detection Systems ◽  
Hazardous Chemical ◽  
Chemical Hazards ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
The Eu

The paper presents the process of training methods’ selection in systems dedicated to detection of chemical hazards. By examining most common training methods used in detection systems, authors indicates which of them are the most relevant to hazardous chemical substance detection systems, assuming that basic efforts focus on the system as the whole (mainly on detection components) rather than the training module. Furthermore, the indicated methods are characterized in detail and combined with overall utility and economic analysis related to the dimension of the resources involved in the work on the entire project (by the example of the EU-SENSE project). In order to study the training methods and the factors influencing their choice, two research methods were used: (1) in-depth analysis of the literature on the subject of training tools in the field of crisis management and IT solutions, and (2) the case study of the EU-SENSE project (its training module).

Mobility Assessment and Rehabilitation in a Case of an Old Person Suffering Triple Humeral Fracture

2016 ◽  
Vol 841 ◽  
pp. 347-352
Author(s):  
Laura Diana Cotoros ◽  
Anca Elena Stanciu
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
High Blood Pressure ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Humeral Fracture ◽  
The Other ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Mobility Assessment ◽  
The Eu

As the concern for the welfare of elderly people is rather poor in our country, unlike the other countries in the EU, it is a legitimate priority to look for improvements of the situation. Therefore the paper aims at presenting a non-invasive and creative procedure that allows the assessment and helps the rehabilitation of elderly people who suffer various physical traumas and are also affected by other diseases like high blood pressure, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, etc. A case study is developed as a model for other future assessments and procedures in order to open new opportunities for the improvement of elderly people life quality.

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