THE PRESENCE OF NEWER EU MEMBER STATES IN THE EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE’S STAFF: THE CASE OF SLOVAKIA
THE PRESENCE OF NEWER EU MEMBER STATES IN THE EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE’S STAFF: THE CASE OF SLOVAKIA
Author(s): Erik PajtinkaSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Geopolitics
Published by: Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative (SNSPA)
Keywords: European External Action Service; geographic balance in the European External Action Service; European Union diplomacy; Slovakia;
Summary/Abstract: The article evaluates the representation of Slovakia within the selected categories of the European External Action Service (EEAS) staff in 2012-2019 and drafts possible factors influencing the representation of Slovakia in this EU institution. The evaluation is based on the analysis of statistical data available in EEAS official documents, as well as empirical data obtained from interviews with EU diplomats working for the EEAS. It is concluded, Slovakia’s representation within the EEAS’s staff between 2012 and 2019 is was inadequate. This may be due to the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ overall attitude toward the work of its diplomats in the EEAS, its career advancement system, and its institutional culture, and to the conditions under which applicants are selected to posts within the EEAS.
Journal: Europolity - Continuity and Change in European Governance
- Issue Year: 14/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 235-257
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English
