A Static or Dynamic Union: Euroscepticism and the Internal Legitimacy of the European Integration
The article focuses on the role of the phenomenon of Euroscepticism in the issue of the legitimacy of the European Union (EU), namely on the relation between the current conceptualisation of Euroscepticism and the EU’s ability to operate „imide“ the system as a credible actor. The text is based on...
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Institute of International Relations Prague
2011-12-01
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The article focuses on the role of the phenomenon of Euroscepticism in the
issue of the legitimacy of the European Union (EU), namely on the
relation between the current conceptualisation of Euroscepticism and
the EU’s ability to operate „imide“ the system as a credible actor. The
text is based on the analytical premise that the EU is not a static
entity modeled on a national unitary state or federation, but a
dynamic political system. The current definition of Euroscepticism,
however, is based on the notion of the EU having a static nature and the
existence of the finality of European integration process, which
significantly affects the EU political system’s ability to perform the
basic functions of a functioning political system – in particular the
function of evaluation and (re)formulation of policy objectives. The most
important consequence of this approach is the inability of the EU to receive
any critical feedback and work with it as a relevant political input.
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| spelling | doaj.art-1c929775e6ba40f0bf91ac9f1923a0bf2023-01-19T07:03:13ZengInstitute of International Relations PragueCzech Journal of International Relations0323-18442570-94292011-12-01464A Static or Dynamic Union: Euroscepticism and the Internal Legitimacy of the European IntegrationPetr Kaniok The article focuses on the role of the phenomenon of Euroscepticism in the issue of the legitimacy of the European Union (EU), namely on the relation between the current conceptualisation of Euroscepticism and the EU’s ability to operate „imide“ the system as a credible actor. The text is based on the analytical premise that the EU is not a static entity modeled on a national unitary state or federation, but a dynamic political system. The current definition of Euroscepticism, however, is based on the notion of the EU having a static nature and the existence of the finality of European integration process, which significantly affects the EU political system’s ability to perform the basic functions of a functioning political system – in particular the function of evaluation and (re)formulation of policy objectives. The most important consequence of this approach is the inability of the EU to receive any critical feedback and work with it as a relevant political input. https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/378Euroscepticismdemocratic deficitpolitical cycleEU internal actornesssystem theorydeliberative democracy |
| spellingShingle | Petr Kaniok A Static or Dynamic Union: Euroscepticism and the Internal Legitimacy of the European Integration Czech Journal of International Relations Euroscepticism democratic deficit political cycle EU internal actorness system theory deliberative democracy |
| title | A Static or Dynamic Union: Euroscepticism and the Internal Legitimacy of the European Integration |
| title_full | A Static or Dynamic Union: Euroscepticism and the Internal Legitimacy of the European Integration |
| title_fullStr | A Static or Dynamic Union: Euroscepticism and the Internal Legitimacy of the European Integration |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Static or Dynamic Union: Euroscepticism and the Internal Legitimacy of the European Integration |
| title_short | A Static or Dynamic Union: Euroscepticism and the Internal Legitimacy of the European Integration |
| title_sort | static or dynamic union euroscepticism and the internal legitimacy of the european integration |
| topic | Euroscepticism democratic deficit political cycle EU internal actorness system theory deliberative democracy |
| url | https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/378 |
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