“Europe’s neighbours and European neighbours”? EU enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy in Sejm’s debates 2004-2014 Cover Image

„Sąsiedzi Europy i europejscy sąsiedzi”? Polityka rozszerzenia UE i Europejska Polityka Sąsiedztwa w debatach Sejmu 2004-2014
“Europe’s neighbours and European neighbours”? EU enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy in Sejm’s debates 2004-2014

Author(s): Magdalena Góra
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Sejm; EU Enlargement; European Neighbourhood Policy; Eastern Partnership; European Union

Summary/Abstract: Main aim of this article is an analysis of discursive legitimising practices of selected EU policies. The study focuses on the Sejm’s debates in which the issue of EU Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy with special focus on Eastern Partnership (since 2008) were discussed between 2004 and 2014. The analysis answers the question which aspects of these policies are the most controversial today and why. How political actors perceive the future of the policies? Typical arguments used in debates concentrate on security, economic costs and benefits and the impact on the European integration. However in presented study special attention is paid to cultural, religious and identitarian arguments used by political actors.

  • Issue Year: 13/2016
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 237-261
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish