THE REPRESENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE DISCUSSION HELD BY THE LOWER CHAMBER OF THE POLISH PARLIAMENT ON THE MIGRATION CRISIS IN EUROPE
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE DISCUSSION HELD BY THE LOWER CHAMBER OF THE POLISH PARLIAMENT ON THE MIGRATION CRISIS IN EUROPE

Summary/Abstract: The article uses the discourse analysis to recreate the images of the European Union unfolded from the debate held in the Lower Chamber of the Polish Parliament on 16th September 2015 on the information concerning the migration crisis in Europe and its repercussions for Poland, as presented by the Prime Minister. In the analysis the author adopted some methodological assumptions allowing him to capture the relationship between discourse and political practice. The author also emphasizes the significance of contextual framework as a requirement for reconstructing the discourse. The analysis points out the relative stability of divisions within the Polish integration discourse. The above-mentioned dichotomy was recreated using the following categories: (1) modified sovereignty and (2) self-determination (independence in decision-making). The article also stresses the continuation of this division within the analyzed debate, in which the following collective categories were distinguished: 1) the EU as a solidarity community and 2) the EU as the area of antagonized national interests.

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