The EU’s international policy vs. the instability of the southern and eastern 
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Międzynarodowa pozycja Unii Europejskiej w warunkach niestabilności południowego i wschodniego sąsiedztwa
The EU’s international policy vs. the instability of the southern and eastern neighbou

Author(s): Andrzej Podraza, Tomasz Stępniewski
Subject(s): EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Unia Europejska; międzynarodowa pozycja Unii Europejskiej; wschodnie sąsiedztwo; południowe sąsiedztwo

Summary/Abstract: The European Union is facing numerous internal and external crises which may affect its future operations. The crises may undermine the present integration model. They may evenresult in the EU’s considerable transformation and exert impact upon its international position. The crises stem from member states’ vast differences of opinion on methods for dealing with the internal and external challenges. The most critical of the challenges include the Eurozone crisis, attitude towards refugees and migrants from the Near East and Africa, and diverse approaches towards Russia in connection with the annexation of Crimea and with the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. They all illustrate a deep rift not only among member states but also within individual countries of the EU.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 89-102
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish