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oai:aei.pitt.edu:144
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Empire's New Clothes: Unveiling EU-Enlargement
Böröcz, József
Kovács, Melinda
Engel-Di Mauro, Salvatore
Sher, Anna
Dancsi, Katalin
Kabachnik, Peter
civil society
Agenda 2000
EU-Central and Eastern Europe
EU-South-Eastern Europe (Balkans)
enlargement
European Commission
European Council
NATO
Austria
Estonia
France
Germany
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
This is an edited volume, published in 2001, containing texts addressing the 'eastern enlargement' of the EU with the conceptual tools of postcolonial studies. Most of the papers analyze discursive practices of exclusion as they appear in official documents issued by various EU organs, speeches by the EU's key politicians and the program of an extreme-right party, currently in the government of an EU-member state. Table of Contents: Introduction: Empire and coloniality in the "Eastern Enlargement" of the European Union, by József Böröcz; The Fox and the Raven: the European Union and Hungary renegotiate the margins of Europe, by József Böröcz; The enduring national-state: NATO-EU relations, EU-enlargement and the reapportionment of the Balkans, by Salvatore Engel-diMauro; Shedding light on the quantitative other: The EU's discourse in the Commission Opinions of 1997, by Melinda Kovács and Peter Kabachnik; Putting down and putting off: the EU's discursive strategies in the 1998 and 1999 follow-up Reports, by Melinda Kovács; A Di-vision of Europe: The European Union enlarged, by Anna Sher; The Austrian Freedom Party's Colonial Discourse in the context of EU-Enlargement, by Katalin Dancsi.
Central Europe Review e-books
Böröcz, József
Kovács, Melinda
2001-12
Book
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/144/1/Empire.pdf
Böröcz, József and Kovács, Melinda and Engel-Di Mauro, Salvatore and Sher, Anna and Dancsi, Katalin and Kabachnik, Peter (2001) Empire's New Clothes: Unveiling EU-Enlargement. Central Europe Review e-books.
http://aei.pitt.edu/144/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:175
2019-12-13T18:01:18Z
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The Future of the European Integration Process: Ideas and Concepts of Candidate Countries. ZEI Discussion Paper: 2002, C 107
Hajoš, Boris
Kissiov, Vladimir
Martikonis, Rytis
Marton, Imrich
Sulca, Iveta
europeanisation/europeanization & European identity
Latvia
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
enlargement
Croatia
Bulgaria
[Table of Contents]: The Case of Croatia, by Boris Hajoš; The Case of Bulgaria, by Vladimir Kissiov; The Case of Lithuania, by Rytis Martikonis; The Case of Slovakia, by Imrich Marton; The Case of Latvia, by Iveta Sulca.
Center for European Integration Studies, University of Bonn
2002
Discussion Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/175/1/dp_c107_hajos.pdf
Hajoš, Boris and Kissiov, Vladimir and Martikonis, Rytis and Marton, Imrich and Sulca, Iveta (2002) The Future of the European Integration Process: Ideas and Concepts of Candidate Countries. ZEI Discussion Paper: 2002, C 107. [Discussion Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/175/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:203
2019-12-13T18:06:24Z
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Die Bürgergesellschaft als ein Motor der europäischen Integration: Perspektiven der Zusammenarbeit deutscher und slowakischer Nichtregierungsorganisationen = Civil Society as a Motor for European Integration: Perspectives on the Cooperation of German and Slovakian Non-Governmental Organizations. ZEI Discussion Papers: 2000, C 71
Matlak, Milan
Kriener, Daniel
Kovác, Dušan
Mühlen, Patrik von zur
Demeš, Pavol
Košt’álová, Katarína
Brusis, Martin
Richterová, Adriena
Samson, Ivo
Filistein, Roman
Wenig, Marcus
Slovak Republic
enlargement
Germany
NGOs
civil society
Table of Contents: Die Slowakei und Deutschland im europäischen Integrationsprozeß - Die Slowakei auf dem Weg in die Europäische Union, by Milan Matlak; Deutschland und der europäische Einigungsprozeß, by Daniel Kriener. Die Bürgergesellschaft in der Slowakei und Deutschland - Die Entwicklung der slowakischen Bürgergesellschaft, by Dušan Kovác; Demokratisierungsprozesse in Deutschland nach 1945, by Patrik von zur Mühlen. Kooperation zwischen deutschen und slowakischen Nichtregierungsorganisationen und Fördermöglichkeiten der EU - Slowakische Nichtregierungsorganisationen und ihre Zusammenarbeit mit deutschen Partnern, by Pavol Demeš and Katarína Košt’álová; Förderprogramme für Nichtregierungsorganisationen, by Martin Brusis; Unterstützung slowakischer Nichtregierungsorganisationen durch das PHARE-Programm, by Adriena Richterová. Bürgergesellschaft und europäische Integration - Die Auswirkungen des Regierungswechsels vom Herbst 1998 auf die Slowakei, by Ivo Samson; Die Bedeutung der Bürgergesellschaft für den Integrationsprozeß, by Roman Filistein; Die europäische Integration als Aufgabe der Bürgergesellschaft, by Marcus Wenig.
Center for European Integration Studies, University of Bonn
Wenig, Marcus
2000
Discussion Paper
PeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/203/1/dp_c71_wenig.pdf
Matlak, Milan and Kriener, Daniel and Kovác, Dušan and Mühlen, Patrik von zur and Demeš, Pavol and Košt’álová, Katarína and Brusis, Martin and Richterová, Adriena and Samson, Ivo and Filistein, Roman and Wenig, Marcus (2000) Die Bürgergesellschaft als ein Motor der europäischen Integration: Perspektiven der Zusammenarbeit deutscher und slowakischer Nichtregierungsorganisationen = Civil Society as a Motor for European Integration: Perspectives on the Cooperation of German and Slovakian Non-Governmental Organizations. ZEI Discussion Papers: 2000, C 71. [Discussion Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/203/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:286
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A Pledge for an Early Opening of EU-Accession Negociations. ZEI Discussion Papers: 1999, C 58
Wenig, Marcus
Herlea, Alexandru Ion
Daskalov, Stanislav
Figel, Ján
Sulca, Iveta
Vareikis, Egidijus
Romania
Latvia
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
Bulgaria
enlargement
Table of Contents: A Pledge for an Early Opening of EU-Accession Negotiations, by Marcus Wenig; Romania’s Progress in Preparing for Accession to the European Union, by Alexandru Ion Herlea; Why Should the European Council in Helsinki Invite Bulgaria to Start EU-Accession Negotiations in 2000?, by Stanislav Daskalov; Progress of Slovakia since the Regular Report 1998, by Ján Figel’; Latvia on its Way to the EU, by Iveta Sulca; Lithuanian Readiness to Start Negotiations with the EU, by Egidijus Vareikis.
Center for European Integration Studies, University of Bonn
Wenig, Marcus
1999
Discussion Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/286/1/dp_c58_wenig.pdf
Wenig, Marcus and Herlea, Alexandru Ion and Daskalov, Stanislav and Figel, Ján and Sulca, Iveta and Vareikis, Egidijus (1999) A Pledge for an Early Opening of EU-Accession Negociations. ZEI Discussion Papers: 1999, C 58. [Discussion Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/286/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:287
2011-02-15T22:15:05Z
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Slovakia´s Response on the Regular Report from the European Commission on Progress towards Accession. ZEI Discussion Papers: 1999, C 57
Slivková, Eva
Slovak Republic
enlargement
[Introduction]. Looking at today’s Slovakia one can get the feeling of being in the Phoenix fairy-tale. It seems as if Slovakia needed to go through a purifying fire in order to shine in the full beauty of the Phoenix. The result of the last four years is a country, where the lie was a working method, human dignity was trampled, and citizens played only a minor role in issues that influenced their lives. Constantly-repeated statements about freedom, human rights, democracy and a flourishing economy became untrustworthy and empty phrases. Nevertheless, it was the voter who drew up a bill to such an administration of public issues in the last Parliamentary elections in September 1998. Change was the decisive factor in the elections. Slovakia at that time found hope again. Slogans from November 1989 became again relevant. An over 84 % turnout speaks very clear about a desire for change in policy orientation and style among the citizens of Slovakia. The high turnout in these elections showed a clear commitment of the Slovak electorate to the democratic process. The electorate ended Slovakia’s way into isolation and unambiguously decided in favour of democracy and EU-integration. Since the time of the elections in September 1998, the situation in Slovakia has developed very quickly. Changes implemented since this time Eva Slivkova could not be considered in the Regular Report from the Commission on Slovakia’s progress towards accession due to objective reasons. The new Slovak government is very much interested in a positive quotation in the conclusions from the coming Cologne European Council meeting, which could facilitate the shift of Slovakia into the first group of applicant countries. The government’s plan is to present a new image of Slovakia at the European Council summit in Cologne in June 1999. These thoughts are an endeavour to outline an actual picture of Slovakia, which is more positive than the one offered in the Regular Report of the Commission, an it is an attempt to contribute to the information campaign about recent steps in internal reforms and progress in the adoption of European legislature. Every day, every week means further steps for Slovakia in fulfilling the conditions for launching the negotiations between Slovakia and the European Union. As these lines were written, the government of the Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda was balancing its first hundred days in office.
1999
Discussion Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/287/1/dp_c57_slivkova.pdf
Slivková, Eva (1999) Slovakia´s Response on the Regular Report from the European Commission on Progress towards Accession. ZEI Discussion Papers: 1999, C 57. [Discussion Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/287/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:289
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Möglichkeiten einer engeren Zusammenarbeit in Europa am Beispiel Deutschland - Slowakei = Possibilities of a Closer Cooperation in Europe, with the example of Germany-Slovakia. ZEI Discussion Papers: 1999, C 55
Dzurinda, Mikuláš
Ischinger, Wolfgang
Stern, Juraj
Buerstedde, Ludger
Beuska, Peter
Samson, Ivo
Wenig, Marcus
Machowski, Heinrich
Itanský, Eduard
Alner, Juraj
Kohútiková, Elena
Pfeiffer, Herbert G.
Minaroviè, Maríán
Kulke, Wilhelm
Ochmann, Cornelius
Šubeníková, Ol’ga
Slovak Republic
media
democracy/democratic deficit
Germany
Center for European Integration Studies, University of Bonn
Wenig, Marcus
1999
Discussion Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/289/1/dp_c55_wenig.pdf
Dzurinda, Mikuláš and Ischinger, Wolfgang and Stern, Juraj and Buerstedde, Ludger and Beuska, Peter and Samson, Ivo and Wenig, Marcus and Machowski, Heinrich and Itanský, Eduard and Alner, Juraj and Kohútiková, Elena and Pfeiffer, Herbert G. and Minaroviè, Maríán and Kulke, Wilhelm and Ochmann, Cornelius and Šubeníková, Ol’ga (1999) Möglichkeiten einer engeren Zusammenarbeit in Europa am Beispiel Deutschland - Slowakei = Possibilities of a Closer Cooperation in Europe, with the example of Germany-Slovakia. ZEI Discussion Papers: 1999, C 55. [Discussion Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/289/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:314
2011-02-15T22:15:11Z
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Der widerspruchsvolle Weg der Slowakei in die EU. Die Slowakai vor der Marginalisierung in Zentraleuropa? = Slovakia´s Contradictory Path into the EU. Will Slovakia be marginalized in Central Europe? ZEI Discussion Papers: 1999, C 31
Samson, Ivo
Slovak Republic
EU-Central and Eastern Europe
enlargement
[From the Introduction]. 1. Die doppelte Integrationsaufgabe Die Slowakische Republik betrat am 1. Januar 1993 die europäische internationale Szene der. Hälfte der neunziger Jahre mit einer doppelten Aufgabe: erstens war es nötig, die gewonnene eigene Staatlichkeit zu stärken, zweitens war es erforderlich, den Staat durch eine Integration in europäische internationale Organisationen zu konsolidieren. Die erste Aufgabe war verhältnismäßig leicht zu erreichen, weil dem neuen Staat keine äußeren Hindernisse im Wege standen. Durch eine friedliche Trennung der Tschechoslowakei1 und der darauf gegründeten legitimen Nachfolge erreichte das Land praktisch sofort die breite internationale Anerkennung. In der Slowakei herrschte damals eine eindeutige Übereinstimmung über die Prioritäten der Außenpolitik vor, bei denen die Mitgliedschaft in der EU (EG) und der NATO dominierte. Der Slowakei gelang jedoch ein internationaler Durch bruch nur an der "durchlässigsten" Stelle, als sie im Jahre 1993 Mitglied des Europarates wurd.
1999
Discussion Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/314/1/dp_c31_samson.pdf
Samson, Ivo (1999) Der widerspruchsvolle Weg der Slowakei in die EU. Die Slowakai vor der Marginalisierung in Zentraleuropa? = Slovakia´s Contradictory Path into the EU. Will Slovakia be marginalized in Central Europe? ZEI Discussion Papers: 1999, C 31. [Discussion Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/314/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:332
2011-02-15T22:15:12Z
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The Slovak Republic on its Way into the European Union. ZEI Discussion Papers: 1999, C 40
Kukan, Eduard
Slovak Republic
enlargement
No Abstract.
1999
Discussion Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/332/1/dp_c40_kukan.pdf
Kukan, Eduard (1999) The Slovak Republic on its Way into the European Union. ZEI Discussion Papers: 1999, C 40. [Discussion Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/332/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:467
2011-02-15T23:43:35Z
oai:aei.pitt.edu:647
2011-02-15T22:16:03Z
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"Great expectations - The regional administrative reform in Eastern Central Europe in anticipation of the EU"
Majcherkiewicz, Tatiana.
Slovak Republic
EU-Central and Eastern Europe
enlargement
Poland
Hungary
Czech Republic
governance: EU & national level
[Introduction]. One of the key issues of governance of European Union is relationship between its governance and its boundaries in broad sense adopted by Friis and Murphy, who distinguish (after Smith 1996) four types of EU boundary; geopolitical, institutional, legal, transactional, and cultural. This paper on governance and boundaries between the European Union and Central and Eastern Europe; concentrates one type of barrier; the institutional. This paper on current reform of regional administration in Central and Eastern Europe: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary an example suggesting adaptation to similar regional structure, as in the European Union. There have been plenitude of studies on 'convergence in Europe', for example, B`rzel investigation of institutional adaptation to Europanizeation in Germany and Spain, Harmsen's comparative study of national administrations of France and the Netherlands and finally, Wollmann's comparison of Great Britain, French and German local government systems; from historic divergence toward convergence?' However, it is likely that a degree of convergence is also taking place in the countries which are not members of the European Union.
2000
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/647/1/ICMajcherkiewicz.pdf
Majcherkiewicz, Tatiana. (2000) "Great expectations - The regional administrative reform in Eastern Central Europe in anticipation of the EU". In: UNSPECIFIED, Corfu, Greece.
http://aei.pitt.edu/647/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:1622
2011-02-15T22:19:21Z
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An Overview of the Treaty of Accession of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia to the European Union. EIPA Working Paper 03/W/03
Ivanica, Madalina.
Latvia
Estonia
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
enlargement
Malta
Poland
Hungary
[From the Introduction]. Six applicant countries - Hungary, Poland, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Cyprus started the accession negotiations on 31 March 1998. On 13 October 1999, the Commission recommended Member States to open negotiations with Romania, the Slovak Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Malta. Negotiations were completed in December 2002 with ten candidate countries: Hungary, Poland, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Cyprus, the Slovak Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta. In April 2003, in Athens, the Treaty of Accession was signed by the present 15 member states and by the 10 acceding countries. For the first time in history, EU is incorporating 10 countries at once, while before, the maximum number of countries admitted was limited to 3. For the 10 acceding countries, only one treaty was issued.
Nicolaides, Phedon.
2003
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/1622/1/2003w03.pdf
Ivanica, Madalina. (2003) An Overview of the Treaty of Accession of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia to the European Union. EIPA Working Paper 03/W/03. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/1622/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:1623
2011-02-15T22:19:22Z
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Assessing the Assessment. A Review on the Application Criteria; Minority Protection by the European Commission. EIPA Working Paper 2003/W/04
Heidbreder, Eva G.
Carrasco, Laura.
EU-South-Eastern Europe (Balkans)
Latvia
Estonia
discrimination/minorities
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
EU-Central and Eastern Europe
Cyprus
enlargement
Malta
Poland
Hungary
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
[From the Introduction]. In April 2003 ten applicant states signed accession treaties to the European Union. This marked the endpoint of an intensive preparatory phase in which the candidate countries' adherence to criteria for membership of the European Union was annually monitored in the so-called Regular Reports....The question thus arises of how the Commission arrives at its evaluations. How does it apply the criteria to assess an applicant country's success in meeting them? This study aims to shed light on the above question by focusing on the criterion "respect for and protection of minorities"....
2003
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/1623/1/2003w04.pdf
Heidbreder, Eva G. and Carrasco, Laura. (2003) Assessing the Assessment. A Review on the Application Criteria; Minority Protection by the European Commission. EIPA Working Paper 2003/W/04. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/1623/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:1843
2011-02-15T22:20:18Z
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Convergence of Real GDP Per Capita in the EU-15: How do the accession countries fit in? ENEPRI Working Paper No. 25, January 2004
Kaitila, Ville.
Estonia
Latvia
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
enlargement
historical development of EC (pre-1986)
Poland
Hungary
Czech Republic
general
The EU15 countries’ real GDP per capita levels adjusted for purchasing power converged in 1960–2001. Convergence occurred in two spells, in 1960–73 and 1986–2001, with an interim period of stagnation. In this paper, we analyse both s and ß convergence and discuss the impact of EU membership, trade and investment. We also analyse how seven accession countries fit into the historical picture of the EU15 area. The CEE countries are wellpositioned to catch up with the incumbent EU countries. After the mid-1990s, an increase in productivity and high investment rates have supported economic growth in the accession countries. Still, the experience of the EU15 countries shows that convergence cannot be taken for granted.
2004-01
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/1843/1/ENEPRI_WP25.pdf
Kaitila, Ville. (2004) Convergence of Real GDP Per Capita in the EU-15: How do the accession countries fit in? ENEPRI Working Paper No. 25, January 2004. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/1843/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:1876
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"Introduction: The Challenge of Capacity Building in Central and Eastern Europe"
Michael, Bryane.
public policy/public administration
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
The purpose of these selections from contributions to the NISPAcee 11th annual conference is to contribute to that map by exploring the capacities needed by public sector bodies. The state has a role to play in providing public goods (such as educating the youth of the country) as well as in reflecting the political and social values (such as throwing out parties who turn a blind eye to corrupt privatisation). Yet, “capacities to govern” must be developed – capacities related to setting strategic direction, building capacity to implement policy, and building new ways of financing public goods and services. While it is too early to develop a model of government “rightsizing” and “capacity building”, the papers in this volume should contribute to such a theory. Figure 1 provides the reader with a roadmap for the papers which will follow.2 The first part of the volume provides an overview of capacity in the region. The second section describes the public perceptions and values which shape the authority and legitimacy of such capacity. The third set of papers describes the changing balance of responsibilities between central and non-central government. The fourth set of papers describes methods of financing the capacities to govern and the fiscal reflection of changing national and local level relations. The final section describes some issues related to the positive and negative interaction between the State and society.
2004
Other
PeerReviewed
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Michael, Bryane. (2004) "Introduction: The Challenge of Capacity Building in Central and Eastern Europe". UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/1876/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:2057
2011-02-15T22:21:01Z
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"Between EU eligibility requirements, competitive politics and national traditions: Re-creating regions in the accession countries of Central and Eastern Europe"
Brusis, Martin.
europeanisation/europeanization & European identity
Slovak Republic
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
enlargement
Poland
Hungary
Contrary to the current EU member states which became part of the EU system and its cohesion policy with more consolidated national administrative traditions, the CEECs are faced with the challenge of reconstructing their regional levels after decades of state socialist centralism and politicized bureaucracy, and as a “missing link” between central and local governments that were transformed at the outset of democratic transition. While their situation appears to be constitutionally more “open,” the interests and capabilities of the EU to provide policy guidance are greater than in the case of its incumbent member states or previous enlargements. The paper seeks to assess how and to what extent the pre-accession regime of the EU, the interests of competing domestic political actors and the national administrative traditions have shaped the new regional-level administrations in the accession countries. While the empirical focus of the paper is on Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, general conclusions will be drawn with respect to the Europeanization debate.
2001
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
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Brusis, Martin. (2001) "Between EU eligibility requirements, competitive politics and national traditions: Re-creating regions in the accession countries of Central and Eastern Europe". In: UNSPECIFIED, Madison, Wisconsin. (Unpublished)
http://aei.pitt.edu/2057/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:2125
2011-02-15T22:21:20Z
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"NATO, the European Union, and changing concepts of security in Central and Eastern Europe"
Krupnick, Charles.
common foreign & security policy 1993--European Global Strategy
Latvia
Estonia
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
EU-Central and Eastern Europe
EU-Baltics
enlargement
Ukraine
Bulgaria
NATO
This paper is a preliminary compilation of research done by several scholars that looks at the security circumstances of selected Central and Eastern European countries and the steps taken to improve their situations. Project participants look at Slovakia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, and the Baltics-countries with diverse preparation for integration with the West but not yet members of NATO or the European Union. While much of this paper is derived from research by colleagues in the project, I alone am responsible for the organization and conclusions presented herein.
2001
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/2125/1/002126_1.pdf
Krupnick, Charles. (2001) "NATO, the European Union, and changing concepts of security in Central and Eastern Europe". In: UNSPECIFIED, Madison, Wisconsin. (Unpublished)
http://aei.pitt.edu/2125/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:2335
2011-02-15T22:22:19Z
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“The Quest for the Grail: The Political Conditionality of European Union Aid to Central and Eastern European Countries”
Melis, Demetrios G.
EU-ACP
development
Slovak Republic
EU-Central and Eastern Europe
enlargement
The paper begins with a brief survey of the application of political conditionality in the EU’s foreign relations. As political conditionality is also a feature of the EU’s structured relationship with the developing world, the EU’s Lomé framework also will be examined. The paper continues to examine the evolution of EU-CECC relations from the initial PHARE agreements to the present consideration of CEEC accession to the EU. The specific case-study of EU relations with the Slovak Republic explores the particulars of the implementation of the EU’s political conditionality with the CEECs.
1999
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/2335/1/002326_1.PDF
Melis, Demetrios G. (1999) “The Quest for the Grail: The Political Conditionality of European Union Aid to Central and Eastern European Countries”. In: UNSPECIFIED, Pittsburgh, PA. (Unpublished)
http://aei.pitt.edu/2335/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:2588
2011-02-15T22:23:06Z
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"The European Union and the question of Slovak membership: Vanishing dream or forthcoming reality?"
Gagnere, Nathalie.
Slovak Republic
enlargement
Since the collapse of communism, the European Union has represented a powerful and attractive magnet for Eastern European societies. Hoping for a "return to Europe," these various countries have expressed a strong desire to join the European Union (EU). Beyond the internal debate fueled by these demands concerning the wisdom of deepening or enlarging the EU, member states could not reaffirm the procedure previously followed with countries such as Greece, Spain, and Portugal. While indicating that membership could not, and cannot take place without the completion of certain economic and political requirements, the European Union thus established external constraints on the democratic transition undertaken by Eastern European Countries. In order to satisfy these EU requirements all prospective East Central European candidates are striving to consolidate their emerging democratic institutions and to establish a solid record with regard to the defense of fundamental human rights. Although the Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland) are expected to become the first states to join the European Union, this goal may not be achieved for every one of them. Despite good economic results, the Slovak candidacy indeed is losing support, as the current government exhibits signs of authoritarianism. Because Slovakia may be the only country of the Visegrad group to be left out of a future EU enlargement, and because Slovakia has been quite too often neglected by the literature on democratic transition, this paper analyzes why the external constraints exerted by the EU have been less effective in the Slovak case. In other words, this research paper will examine why national constraints have undermined the power of attraction of the European Union, and what are the reasons for the democratic shortcomings of the Slovak political system. Finally, this paper will assess the prospect for full Slovak membership.
1997
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/2588/1/002825_1.PDF
Gagnere, Nathalie. (1997) "The European Union and the question of Slovak membership: Vanishing dream or forthcoming reality?". In: UNSPECIFIED, Seattle, WA. (Unpublished)
http://aei.pitt.edu/2588/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:2981
2011-02-15T22:24:53Z
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‘EU Enlargement, the Race Equality Directive and the Internal Market.’
Brennan, Fernne.
Latvia
Estonia
discrimination/minorities
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
Slovenia
Cyprus
Malta
enlargement
Poland
Hungary
Czech Republic
[Brief Synopsis]. The EU Community is set to widen economically, socially and politically from its current membership of 15 Member States to 25 since 13 countries have applied to join as new members and 10 are set to join on 1st May 2004. These applicants “the acceding countries” of Central and Eastern Europe will be expected to take both the benefits and the burdens of membership of the EU. Benefits would include access to wider markets in the provision of labour, goods, services and capital. In turn these economies will need to open up their markets and in their wake ensure that their internal markets are not stratified along racial or ethnic lines. Any European state applicant for admission to the EU must respect fundamental principles. The principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights. One method that will be employed by the EU to assess commitment to its obligations is to judge whether or not the acceding countries are in compliance with EU legal obligations aimed at the eradication of racial discrimination through the application of the Race Equality Directive (RED). Article 6 of the Treaty of European Union is based on the ‘principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms’ guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights. In the European context these principles relate to ‘…access to and provision of goods and services, to respect the protection of private and family life and transactions carried out in this context.’ ‘When it joins the Community, the new Member State must also accept all existing Community law, Acquis Communautaire.’ The Treaty of Accession 2003 was signed in Athens on 16 April of that year. Particular provisions include Articles 53 and 54 (relating to directives and decisions).
2005
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
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http://aei.pitt.edu/2981/2/European_Expansion__Race_Eqality_Directive_and_Internal_M2.doc
Brennan, Fernne. (2005) ‘EU Enlargement, the Race Equality Directive and the Internal Market.’. In: UNSPECIFIED, Austin, Texas. (Unpublished)
http://aei.pitt.edu/2981/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:2991
2011-02-15T22:24:57Z
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Party System Institutionalization and Second-Generation Economic Reform in the New EU Member-States: The Advantages of Underdevelopment?
O'Dwyer, Conor
Kovalčík, Branislav.
Estonia
Slovak Republic
economic policy
political parties
Hungary
Czech Republic
This paper investigates the conditions under which state reformers in the EU's newest member states can undertake radical free-market reforms. Does party system institutionalization, which is widely regarded as enhancing government stability, yield a political environment more conducive to reform? Or, as this paper will suggest, are there advantages to under-institutionalization? By making it difficult to create a coherent and credible opposition against reform, party system under-institutionalization may actually insulate state reformers from social and political pressures, allowing them to undertake painful reforms hard to envision in a more consolidated democracy. We address this question by comparing recent economic reform attempts in four Central and Eastern European countries: Slovakia, Estonia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Each country has participated to varying degrees in a second generation of radical reforms designed to take advantage of the new economic opportunities offered by an expanded European Union, particularly deregulatory and tax-related reforms.
2005
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/2991/1/2ndGenReforms_17.pdf
O'Dwyer, Conor and Kovalčík, Branislav. (2005) Party System Institutionalization and Second-Generation Economic Reform in the New EU Member-States: The Advantages of Underdevelopment? In: UNSPECIFIED, Austin, Texas. (Unpublished)
http://aei.pitt.edu/2991/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:3167
2011-02-15T22:25:48Z
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"The Visegrád Group in the Expanded European Union: From Pre-accession to Post-accession Cooperation*"
Dangerfield, Martin.
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
enlargement
Poland
Hungary
[From the Introduction]. The first part of the paper provides a theoretical/analytical context by identifying the alternative ways in which subregional cooperation experiences have interacted with EU integration. It locates VG within this framework and briefly compares its EU pre-accession role with that of other types of subregional cooperation initiatives that have been active in post-communist Central Europe. The next section briefly reviews the origins of the VG and the main phases in its development, covering the period from its formation to the May 2004 EU enlargement. This is followed by a description of the nature and scope of VG cooperation as it developed during the EU pre-accession period. The final part of the paper discusses the nature and role of post-accession VG cooperation, with particular focus on the issue of the VG’s potential as a vehicle for promoting its’ members’ interests in the EU.
2005
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
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http://aei.pitt.edu/3167/1/EUSA_paper_2005.txt
application/msword
http://aei.pitt.edu/3167/2/EUSA_paper_2005.doc
Dangerfield, Martin. (2005) "The Visegrád Group in the Expanded European Union: From Pre-accession to Post-accession Cooperation*". In: UNSPECIFIED, Austin, Texas. (Unpublished)
http://aei.pitt.edu/3167/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:3201
2011-02-15T22:25:51Z
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"EU Influence on Party Politics in Slovakia"
Henderson, Karen.
europeanisation/europeanization & European identity
Slovak Republic
political parties
Slovakia’s uneasy relationship with the EU in the 1990s presents new insights into Europeanization and political parties as it appears to be a rare case where the EU has led to party system change at national level. This was accompanied by delayed Europeanization of political debate at both public and party level. Initially, views on the EU corresponded to levels of support for the post-communist reform project. However, as acceptability to the EU and the international community became identified with governmental competence, anti-reform parties were either politically marginalized or changed their political outlook and hence also their coalition potential. This is significant as it is likely also to occur in countries involved in future enlargement waves.
2005
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
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http://aei.pitt.edu/3201/1/Austin%2CHenderson.txt
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http://aei.pitt.edu/3201/2/Austin%2CHenderson.doc
Henderson, Karen. (2005) "EU Influence on Party Politics in Slovakia". In: UNSPECIFIED, Austin, Texas. (Unpublished)
http://aei.pitt.edu/3201/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:3386
2011-02-15T23:45:11Z
oai:aei.pitt.edu:3410
2011-02-15T22:26:52Z
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Asymmetric Growth and Inflation Developments in the Acceding Countries: A New Assessment. NBB Working Paper Nr. 63, November 2004
Ide, Stefaan
Moes, Philippe.
monetary policy
Latvia
Estonia
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
general
Malta
Poland
Hungary
In this paper, we use a SVAR model in order to study the asymmetry of growth and inflation developments in the acceding countries vis-à-vis the euro area over the years 1995-2003. The model combines two strands of the literature, the explanation in terms of country-specific and euro area shocks, and a further split between supply and demand shocks. The four structural shocks may all create asymmetries vis-à-vis the euro area. It appears that country-specific shocks are the main source of growth or inflation divergence, rather than the distinct way in which acceding countries react to euro area shocks. But whereas country-specific supply shocks are mainly responsible for growth divergence, country-specific demand shocks are mainly responsible for inflation asymmetry. Hence, a low asymmetry in terms of growth does not necessarily imply a low asymmetry in terms of inflation, although the latter is particularly important for countries aiming to join the euro area. There is some evidence that both asymmetries were on the fall over the last years of the sample.
2004-11
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/3410/1/WP63En.pdf
Ide, Stefaan and Moes, Philippe. (2004) Asymmetric Growth and Inflation Developments in the Acceding Countries: A New Assessment. NBB Working Paper Nr. 63, November 2004. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/3410/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:6507
2011-02-15T22:42:53Z
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"A fair price of admission? Minority policies in and out of the EU"
Johns, Michael.
Italy
Latvia
Estonia
discrimination/minorities
Slovak Republic
Germany
This paper tests the assumption that the European Union has forced potential new members to adhere to standards current member states do not meet in regards to the treatment of national minorities. The paper examines the treatment of the Russian minorities in Latvia and Estonia and the Roma population in Slovakia compared to the treatment of the Turks in Germany and the Roma in Italy. Using EU accession reports, OSCE recommendations, and the Minorities at Risk (MAR) dataset a double standard becomes apparent. The newly democratized states of Eastern Europe are being forced to choose between the economic advantages of membership in the EU and legislation designed to protect the language and culture of the majority group. The paper concludes with an examination of the histories of Estonia and Latvia to illustrate why being forced into altering laws concerning culture and citizenship is so difficult.
2003
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/6507/1/000457_1.pdf
Johns, Michael. (2003) "A fair price of admission? Minority policies in and out of the EU". In: UNSPECIFIED, Nashville, TN. (Unpublished)
http://aei.pitt.edu/6507/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:6639
2011-02-15T22:43:38Z
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Problems and Solutions for New Member States in Implementing the JHA Acquis. CEPS Working Documents No. 212, 1 October 2004
Apap, Joanna
Latvia
Estonia
general
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Malta
Poland
Hungary
The pace of development of the justice and home affairs (JHA) acquis has been quite impressive, especially since the Amsterdam Treaty (and the new Title IV), which has offered a new legal basis and possibilities for progress in this area. After the entry into force of the Single European Act, the balance has been moving increasingly from national towards European Union solutions in JHA. At first the process was steady, but slow. This is unsurprising given that it was the first attempt by a supranational organisation to address problems such as immigration or cooperation in criminal matters. The already voluminous JHA acquis is still evolving. Most of the text is legally binding, yet only a small part of the Treaty objectives of Title IV TEC and Title VI TEU have been implemented so far. The challenge for the enlarged EU regarding the JHA acquis is therefore a dual one (Monar 2004): · ‘maintaining’ the acquis in the sense of preserving what has already been achieved and ensuring that it is effectively implemented; and · ‘developing’ the acquis in the sense of making certain that the momentum is not lost. This paper examines the key post-enlargement challenges in JHA – the problems and solutions that are incumbent to the implementation of the JHA acquis and how the lack of mutual trust can be overcome to enhance decision-making and implementation capabilities after the enlargement of 1 May 2004.
2004-10
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/6639/1/1173_212.pdf
Apap, Joanna (2004) Problems and Solutions for New Member States in Implementing the JHA Acquis. CEPS Working Documents No. 212, 1 October 2004. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/6639/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:6734
2011-02-15T22:44:12Z
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Can Labour Market Institutions Explain Unemployment Rates in New EU Member States?. CEPS ENEPRI Working Papers No. 27, 1 July 2004
Ederveen, Sjef
Thissen, Laura.
general
Latvia
Estonia
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
employment/unemployment
Malta
Poland
Hungary
This study poses the question about whether labour market institutions can explain unemployment rates in the ten new European Union member states. In five out of the ten new member states, unemployment rates lie above the average in the 15 member states of the European Union (EU-15) that comprised the EU prior to May 2004. The study finds that labour market institutions in the acceding countries are less rigid than in the EU-15. Moreover, labour market institutions explain only a minor part of unemployment in the new EU member states. This does not mean that these countries have no labour market problems. Just as in the EU-15, a great deal of heterogeneity exists among the acceding countries. In some of them, labour market reforms could prove a key issue in improving employment performance. The main worry is the poor labour market performance in Poland and the Slovak Republic, where unemployment has risen to almost 20%. The main reasons for this growth are i) postponed restructuring in combination with tight monetary policy, ii) poor governance, and iii) an increasing labour force.
2004-07
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/6734/1/1130_27.pdf
Ederveen, Sjef and Thissen, Laura. (2004) Can Labour Market Institutions Explain Unemployment Rates in New EU Member States?. CEPS ENEPRI Working Papers No. 27, 1 July 2004. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/6734/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:6735
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Integration and Conditional Convergence in the Enlarged EU Area. CEPS ENEPRI Working Papers No. 31, 1 February 2005
Kaitila, Ville.
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
U.K.
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Cyprus
EMU/EMS/euro
labour/labor
historical development of EC (pre-1986)
This working paper analyses conditional convergence in Europe and also tries to assess the impact that arises from integration. Using a pooled mean-group estimation method, we first analyse the conditional convergence of GDP per labour force in the area covering the 15 member states of the European Union (EU-15) in 1960-2002. Conditional convergence is well-documented for the EU-15. Higher investment, lower public consumption and lower inflation have contributed positively to GDP growth. Deeper European integration is shown to have accelerated growth when inflation is not included in the specification, but not otherwise. The evidence on the effect of integration on growth is therefore mixed. We then apply the same method to estimate the growth of GDP per labour force in the new EU member states – the eight Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) – for the period 1993-2002. These countries are shown to have converged conditionally towards the average level of GDP per labour force in the EU-15. Higher investment and lower public consumption have also supported growth in the CEECs.
2005-02
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/6735/1/1196_31.pdf
Kaitila, Ville. (2005) Integration and Conditional Convergence in the Enlarged EU Area. CEPS ENEPRI Working Papers No. 31, 1 February 2005. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/6735/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:6740
2011-02-15T22:44:14Z
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Speed of Convergence and Relocation – New EU Member Countries Catching up with the Old. CEPS ENEPRI Working Papers No. 34, 1 April 2005
Alho, Kari E.O.
Kaitila, Ville
Widgrén, Mika.
Latvia
Estonia
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
Slovenia
Cyprus
Malta
Poland
Hungary
Czech Republic
EMU/EMS/euro
Economic convergence of the EU’s new member countries (NMCs) towards the incumbent EU countries (EU-15) is of paramount importance for both partners, not only in terms of real income but also in nominal terms. This study creates a dynamic, computable general equilibrium model, starting from the Balassa-Samuelson two-sector framework, which is then modified and enlarged (with, among other things, endogenous capital formation, consumption behaviour and labour mobility) to address several other issues such as uncertainty, welfare and sustainability in terms of foreign indebtedness. At the same time, the authors make flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) endogenous in order to evaluate the impact convergence has on the EU-15 and the interaction between the two regions through FDI. The study finds that in a general equilibrium setting, fears of adverse effects resulting from a relocation of EU-15 manufacturing to the NMCs are not well founded.
2005-04
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/6740/1/1215_34.pdf
Alho, Kari E.O. and Kaitila, Ville and Widgrén, Mika. (2005) Speed of Convergence and Relocation – New EU Member Countries Catching up with the Old. CEPS ENEPRI Working Papers No. 34, 1 April 2005. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/6740/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:6828
2011-02-15T22:44:46Z
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The European Constitution and its Ratification Crisis. Constitutional Debates in the EU Member States. ZEI Discussion Papers C. 156, 2006
Authors, Numerous.
Ireland
Belgium
Italy
Denmark
Latvia
Estonia
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
Finland
Slovenia
Luxembourg
France
Cyprus
Spain
Netherlands
Malta
Germany
Sweden
Greece
Poland
Hungary
U.K.
Portugal
Czech Republic
Constitution for Europe
Austria
The following collection of papers examines the ratification process in each individual Member State, taking into consideration the most recent developments at the time of writing (January 2006). Furthermore, these papers discuss the position of party groups represented in the European Parliament on the Constitutional Treaty. The concise overview of the political and public debates on the Treaty, as well as the data collected on public opinion, shed light on the current state of the ratification process. The publication offers an analytical look into the constitutional moods of the 25 EU Member States and attempts to outline options for the future of the Constitutional Treaty. Table of Contents: Introduction; Constitutional Debates in Member States with a Referendum (individual chapters on Spain, France, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, Poland, Czech Republic, Great Britain); Constitutional Debates in “old“ Member States without Referendum (individual chapters on Austria, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Germany, Sweden, Finland); Constitutional debates in “new“ Member States without Referendum (individual chapters on Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia, Malta, Cyprus); Constitutional Debates among the Factions in the European Parliament (individual chapters on Party Groups in the European Parliament, European People’s Party, Party of European Socialists, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, The Greens/European Free Alliance, The European United Left – Nordic Green Left, Independence/Democracy Group, Union for Europe of the Nations); Conclusion.
Eschke, Nina
Malick, Thomas.
2006
Discussion Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/6828/1/dp_c156_eschke_malick.pdf
Authors, Numerous. (2006) The European Constitution and its Ratification Crisis. Constitutional Debates in the EU Member States. ZEI Discussion Papers C. 156, 2006. [Discussion Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/6828/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:6968
2011-02-15T23:46:06Z
oai:aei.pitt.edu:7279
2011-02-15T22:47:20Z
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"The European Union and the International System: A Framework for Analysis"
Murphy, Anna.
Slovak Republic
enlargement
subnational/regional/territorial
Poland
Hungary
Czech Republic
[From the introduction]. This paper attempts to develop an analytical framework within which one can assess the EC/EU response and its role in the new Europe in the 1990s. The need for such a framework stems from deficiencies in the existing literature on the international role of the EC. In the past, a key difficulty in generating an all-encompassing theory to explain the external behaviour of the EC stemmed from its sui generis and unfinished nature. It is suggested that the international role of the EC/EU can best be addressed by considering it to be a system of regional governance. It is characterised by shared competences with the member states (the term governance is used to encompass the institutions, instruments, policies, competences, decision-making and activities of the EC/EU including the interaction between EC/EU institutions and the member states). This draws attention to three levels of analysis: the national, regional, and international. There is a dense interplay between the national and regional (EU) level in the generation of policy. Action also occurs in response to change and pressure from both the national and international domains. The system of regional governance identifies the main points of interactions between the EC/EU and the international system, its capacity to act, and the characteristics of the EC/EU which distinguish it and its members from the wider European system. The second part of the paper examines the interaction of the EC/EU in the international system and identifies certain roles and functions it fulfils. Finally. the framework is applied to a case study of the EC/EU relations with the four Visegrad states (Poland, Hungary, the Czech, and Slovak republics) over the period 1989-1994. This supports the proposition that the system of regional governance provides a useful framework within which one can analyse the role of the EU in Europe and in the international system. That role consists of a) promoting political and economic order in Central Europe; and b) representing and balancing the interests of the member states vis-a-vis Central Europe. Finally, preparations for enlargement to the Visegrad states blurred the boundaries between internal and external policy-making of the Eu, on the one hand, and, on the other, created linkages between enlargement and the future course of the European Union.
1995
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/7279/1/Murphy.pdf
Murphy, Anna. (1995) "The European Union and the International System: A Framework for Analysis". In: UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
http://aei.pitt.edu/7279/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:7424
2011-02-15T22:48:03Z
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Three Worlds of Compliance or Four? The EU15 Compared to New Member States. IHS Political Science Series Paper, No. 112, March 2007
Falkner, Gerda,
Treib, Oliver.
Slovak Republic
EU-Central and Eastern Europe
Slovenia
enlargement
industrial/labour relations
compliance/national implementation
Hungary
labour/labor
Czech Republic
Starting from the findings of an earlier compliance study covering the fifteen ‘old’ member states of the European Union, which identified three ‘worlds of compliance’, this paper seeks to establish whether or not the new member states from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) represent a separate world of compliance. We present empirical findings from a research project on the implementation of three EU Directives from the field of working time and equal treatment in four CEE countries. The evidence suggests that the new member states display implementation styles that are similar to a few countries in the EU15. The expectation that the new member states might behave according to their own specific logic, such as significantly decreasing their compliance efforts after accession in order to take ‘revenge’ for the strong pressure of conditionality, is not supported by our case studies. Instead, all four new member states appear to fall within a group that could be dubbed the ‘world of dead letters’. It is crucial to highlight, however, that this specific ‘world of compliance’, characterised by politicised transposition processes and systematic application and enforcement problems, also includes two countries from the EU15.
2007-03
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/7424/1/pw_112.pdf
Falkner, Gerda, and Treib, Oliver. (2007) Three Worlds of Compliance or Four? The EU15 Compared to New Member States. IHS Political Science Series Paper, No. 112, March 2007. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/7424/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:7703
2011-02-15T22:49:37Z
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Dispute Resolution Strategies in Trade Agreements Endorsed by the EU: CEFTA Experience
Biukovic, Ljiljana.
Slovak Republic
EU-Central and Eastern Europe
Czech Republic
enlargement
international trade
Poland
Hungary
[From the introduction]. This article examines the development of the DRM in the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), concluded in 1992 among the so-called Visegrád countries (Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia).14 The EU’s support was instrumental in the creation of CEFTA and in the facilitation of the further economic integration of the region during the pre-accession process leading to the EU membership. The EU encouraged and inspired CEFTA, indirectly, by providing an institutional model for integration, and directly, by concluding special association agreements to establish free trade areas with CEFTA countries.
2007
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/7703/1/biukovic%2Dl%2D04f.pdf
Biukovic, Ljiljana. (2007) Dispute Resolution Strategies in Trade Agreements Endorsed by the EU: CEFTA Experience. In: UNSPECIFIED, Montreal, Canada. (Unpublished)
http://aei.pitt.edu/7703/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:7898
2011-02-15T22:50:50Z
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"What does the case of Slovakia tell us about the EU’s Active Leverage?"
Haughton, Tim.
europeanisation/europeanization & European identity
Slovak Republic
political parties
[From the introduction]. This short paper seeks to reflect on the experience of Slovakia and highlights what that particular case has taught us about the active leverage of the EU. I recognize that unpicking causation between domestic and European arenas is fraught with methodological difficulties (Haverland, 2006). Unlike our colleagues from chemistry, as political scientists we are not afforded the luxury to isolate and remove individual ingredients and then re-run experiments to see if the results change, hence identifying chains of causation is extremely difficult and tends to lead to conclusions, which are vague, hedged and less than robust. Bearing that caveat in mind, however, I venture a few arguments based on a close observation of the Slovak case. Firstly, building on the helpful distinction between political2 conditionality and acquis conditionality, I suggest that the Slovak case demonstrates the power of acquis conditionality, but the limits of the ‘transformative power’ (Grabbe, 2006) of political conditionality. Indeed, acquis conditionality may be more influential in cases where political conditionality is perceived to have had an influence. Secondly, the EU has very little impact on domestic party politics beyond influencing the choice of coalition partners, but even here the impact of the EU is probably exaggerated. Thirdly, the power of the acquis conditionality varies depending on the clarity, consistency and ascribed salience of such laws.
2007
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/7898/1/haughton%2Dt%2D10c.pdf
Haughton, Tim. (2007) "What does the case of Slovakia tell us about the EU’s Active Leverage?". In: UNSPECIFIED, Montreal, Canada. (Unpublished)
http://aei.pitt.edu/7898/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:7959
2011-02-15T22:51:15Z
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Trade Unions and Employers´ Associations on the Way to Multi-Level Social Dialogue – comparison between Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia
Mansfeldova, Zdenka.
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
general
lobbying/interest representation
unions
Czech Republic
The goal of the proposed paper is to show how the process of European integration has affected organised interest groups and interest representation in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia especially in the field of social dialogue. Accession to the EU has opened up a new space for social partners and representatives of interests of entrepreneurs, employers and employees, giving them new options and putting them face to face with new challenges. This concerns not only activities at the supranational level, but also the creation of new activities at the national level with the goal of implementing European policies and the use of European funds. Trade unions and employers´ associations are subjects with prominent position and permanent access to political decision-makers, thanks to that they have a tremendous chance to influence the shape of public policies. They played an important role during the transfer to a market economy in the process of economic restructuring, and their importance has increased as a result of both the accession of the countries to the European Union and their subsequent contributions to the European social dialogue. An important aspect of the participation in policy formation is the formalisation and structuring of consultation. Attention will be paid to different strategies chosen in the investigated countries with the aim to harmonise the interests and intensify the dialogue between economic and social partners at the national and European levels.
2007
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/7959/1/mansfeldova%2Dz%2D12h.pdf
Mansfeldova, Zdenka. (2007) Trade Unions and Employers´ Associations on the Way to Multi-Level Social Dialogue – comparison between Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. In: UNSPECIFIED, Montreal, Canada. (Unpublished)
http://aei.pitt.edu/7959/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:8049
2011-02-15T22:51:47Z
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Making Dead Letters Live: Strategies to Improve the Effectiveness of EU Legislation in Central and Eastern Europe
Treib, Oliver,
Falkner, Gerda.
europeanisation/europeanization & European identity
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
law & legal affairs-general (includes international law)
Hungary
Czech Republic
As many empirical studies have shown, non-compliance with EU legislation has already been a significant phenomenon within the EU15. With the accession of twelve new Member States since 2004, all of which had to align their legal and administrative systems to the acquis communautaire within a very short time frame, the compliance issue has become even more pressing. Against this background, it is the aim of this paper to take a closer look at how four new Member States from Central and Eastern Europe fare in implementing EU legislation and how possible compliance problems could be remedied in the future. The paper presents findings from a comparative project on the transposition, enforcement and application of EU legislation from the fields of working time and equal treatment in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia. The results show that while transposition performance is relatively good, all four countries are marked by significant problems in application and enforcement. On the basis of intense focus group sessions involving practitioners from the four countries, the paper presents a set of strategies to improve the current state of affairs and concludes with some remarks on the chances for these options to be actually put into practice in the new Member States.
2007
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/8049/1/treib%2Do%2D02i.pdf
Treib, Oliver, and Falkner, Gerda. (2007) Making Dead Letters Live: Strategies to Improve the Effectiveness of EU Legislation in Central and Eastern Europe. In: UNSPECIFIED, Montreal, Canada. (Unpublished)
http://aei.pitt.edu/8049/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:8103
2020-01-09T20:58:39Z
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El Tratado de Atenas y la quinta ampliación de la Unión Europea. = The Treaty of Athens and the fifth enlargement of the European Union. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series, Vol. 2 No.7, April 2003
Granell, Francesc.
Latvia
Estonia
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
Slovenia
Cyprus
enlargement
Malta
Poland
Hungary
Czech Republic
No Abstract.
2003-04
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/8103/1/granell03%2D1.pdf
Granell, Francesc. (2003) El Tratado de Atenas y la quinta ampliación de la Unión Europea. = The Treaty of Athens and the fifth enlargement of the European Union. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series, Vol. 2 No.7, April 2003. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/8103/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:8154
2011-02-15T22:52:28Z
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Preparing for the New Minorities in Europe: The EU Influence on National Minority Protection in Romania and Slovakia. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series Vol. 5 No. 25, August 2005
Ilcheva, Maria.
Romania
discrimination/minorities
Slovak Republic
[From the introduction]. This paper examines the mechanisms and strategies of the EU in supporting the process of democratization in Central and Eastern Europe by concentrating on one particular area which seemed most significant in view of the escalation of ethnic conflict in the region. I focus on the influence of the EU’s representatives and institutions in inducing cooperation between states and ethnic groups within states for the purpose of minority rights expansion and implementation by means of the promise of integration. By definition, democratization includes "... the processes whereby the rules and procedures of citizenship are either applied to political institutions previously governed by other principles... or expanded to include persons not previously enjoying such rights and obligations (e.g. ethnic minorities, women, foreign residents, etc.) or extended to cover issues and institutions not previously subject to citizen participation (state agencies, military establishments, etc.)" (Schmitter and O'Donnell, 1986: 8). As early as 1993, the European Council had devised specific criteria for the evaluation of a country’s preparedness to gain membership in the Union, and on par with the economic requirements were political conditions which outlined the road towards integration. The political conditionality for the Central and Eastern European countries’ membership was spelled out in the concluding document of the Copenhagen summit on 21-22 June 1993, where the European Council put forward what came to be known as the “Copenhagen criteria” for EU admission: “Stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities, the existence of a functioning market economy as well as the capacity to cope with competitive pressure and market forces within the Union.” (1) While minority rights were never specifically listed or clearly outlined, I will demonstrate that through the statements of its representatives and the official reports European institutions have issued on the countries’ progress towards accession, the EU has continuously had an essential role in the expansion of minority rights.
2005-08
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/8154/1/ilchevafinal.pdf
Ilcheva, Maria. (2005) Preparing for the New Minorities in Europe: The EU Influence on National Minority Protection in Romania and Slovakia. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series Vol. 5 No. 25, August 2005. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/8154/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:8163
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Citizenship, Free Movement, and EU Enlargement. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series Vol. 5 No. 34, October 2005
Maas, Willem.
European citizenship
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Malta
historical development of EC (pre-1986)
free movement/border control
[Introduction]. The European Union’s most significant enlargement admitted ten states in 2004: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Freedom of movement among all but Malta and Cyprus had for many years been restricted. Laws and policies similar to the Soviet propiska (residence permits) system—which placed severe limits on the right to move even between different cities within the Soviet Union, let alone between different Republics—restricted mobility under Communism. For individual citizens in the postcommunist states that joined the Union in 2004, freedom of movement symbolized the “return to Europe” of EU accession. By contrast to the restricted movement that citizens of many of these states had experienced under Communism, EU citizenship promised a right to reside and work anywhere within the territory of the Union. The perceived injustice of the delay in granting free movement rights to Spanish and Portuguese citizens helps explain the support of Spanish and Portuguese political leaders for European citizenship. The transition period for free movement of workers upon the accession of Spain and Portugal was seven years, which was reduced to six years as fears of massive immigration from those countries proved unfounded. Once the language of European citizenship was being widely invoked, it became politically more difficult to distinguish free movement of persons from free movement of goods, services, and capital. Experience with the Spanish and Portuguese accessions in 1986—and German reunification—quashed the objection in the discussions leading to Maastricht that extending mobility rights to all categories of member state nationals would lead to chaos. Yet the enlargement negotiations with the central and eastern European states witnessed a renewal of similar objections. There was a significant disjuncture between the existence of EU citizenship and the reality of the accession negotiations, in particular the transition arrangements passed to render enlargement more politically palatable in the existing member states. The negotiations disappointed those who hoped that European integration heralded a gradual move away from a focus on economic integration towards an increasing emphasis on individual rights. Because of largely unfounded fears of mass migration from accession countries to existing member states, full freedom of movement will be introduced only gradually. The addition of new member states with traditions of citizenship that differ from those of the existing member states alters the political dynamics affecting the future development of EU citizenship.
2005-10
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/8163/1/Maasfinal.pdf
Maas, Willem. (2005) Citizenship, Free Movement, and EU Enlargement. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series Vol. 5 No. 34, October 2005. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/8163/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:9273
2020-01-08T22:54:16Z
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7375626A656374733D46:46303239
7375626A656374733D46:46303133
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7375626A656374733D46:46303231
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7375626A656374733D46:46303232
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The Challenges of EU Accession for Post-Communist Europe. CES Central & Eastern Europe Working Paper No. 60, 2004
Cameron, David R.
enlargement
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
The accession of ten new member states in May 2004 and the prospective accession of several more in the near future will pose severe budgetary, administrative, and operational challenges for the European Union. But however great, the challenges of enlargement pale in comparison with the challenges of accession that will be faced by the new member states, especially those which until a decade ago were governed by Communist parties that presided over centrally-planned and predominantly-collectivized economies. This paper explores five of the most critical challenges that will face the new member states of post-Communist Europe: 1) administering the acquis; 2) deepening and extending the reform and transformation of the economy; 3) reducing the high levels of unemployment and large government, trade, and current account deficits; 4) financing accession in the face of the EU's budgetary constraints and financial provisions; and 5) coping with all of those challenges in the face of low levels of support for enlargement in many of the member states and high levels of ambivalence and skepticism about membership in most of the new member states. The chapter concludes by noting the low levels of trust in the national government and satisfaction with the way democracy works that exist in most of the new member states and suggests that those low levels of trust and satisfaction will make it difficult for the governments in the new member states to address these challenges while also maintaining sufficient public support to retain office.
2004
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/9273/1/Cameron.pdf
Cameron, David R. (2004) The Challenges of EU Accession for Post-Communist Europe. CES Central & Eastern Europe Working Paper No. 60, 2004. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/9273/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:9275
2011-02-15T23:00:03Z
7374617475733D707562
7375626A656374733D44:44303032:44303032303035
7375626A656374733D44:44303031:44303031303335:737067656E6572616C
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7375626A656374733D46:46303039
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Capital, Labor, and the Prospects of the European Social Model in the East. CES Central & Eastern Europe Working Paper, no. 58, 2004
Bohle, Dorothee,
Greskovits, Bela.
labour/labor
Slovak Republic
EU-Central and Eastern Europe
general
industrial/labour relations
Hungary
During the past decade of European economic integration vastly worse standards have emerged in work conditions, industrial relations, and social welfare in Eastern Europe than in the West. Area scholars explain this divide by labor weakness caused by the ideological legacy of communism, and do not problematize the impact of transnational capital. In contrast, this essay argues that the reason why the European social model has not traveled to the East is that its socio-economic foundations, the industrial building blocks of the historical compromise between capital and labor, have not traveled either. In the West, the compromise had been rooted in capital-intensive consumer durables industries, such as car-manufacturing, and their suppliers. These sectors brought together organized and vocal labor with businesses willing to accommodate workers’ demands, because for them labor had been less a problem as a cost-factor and more important as factor of demand. However, the main driving force of the eastward expansion of European capital has been the relocation of labor-intensive activities where business relies on sweating masses of workers, whose importance as consumers is marginal, and who are weak in the workplace and the marketplace. With this general conceptualization of how the emerging new European division of labor constrains the social aspects of East European market societies as a background, the essay studies the cases of Hungarian electronics and Slovak car industries in order to better understand how particular features of various leading sectors mediate the general pattern.
2004
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/9275/1/Bohle.pdf
Bohle, Dorothee, and Greskovits, Bela. (2004) Capital, Labor, and the Prospects of the European Social Model in the East. CES Central & Eastern Europe Working Paper, no. 58, 2004. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/9275/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:9435
2012-04-06T17:00:43Z
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7375626A656374733D46:46303231
7375626A656374733D44:44303031:44303031303436
74797065733D706F6C6963797061706572
Health and Morbidity in the Slovak Republic. ENEPRI Policy Briefs No. 6, 20 December 2007
Kvetan, Vlasimir.
Palenik, Villiam.
public health policy (including global activities)
Slovak Republic
Income and expenditure on health systems have tended to rise as a proportion of national income throughout the European Union. A particular concern is that, with an ageing population and therefore the prospect of more old people around, the pressures for expenditure on health care will increase further. The AHEAD (Aging, Health Status and Determinants of Health Expenditure) project set out to refine existing estimates of the links between aging, reported states of health and use of medical services. The Slovak country report calculated, analysed and discussed health expenditure scenarios in Slovakia.
2007-12
Policy Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/9435/2/9435.pdf
Kvetan, Vlasimir. and Palenik, Villiam. (2007) Health and Morbidity in the Slovak Republic. ENEPRI Policy Briefs No. 6, 20 December 2007. [Policy Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/9435/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:9440
2012-04-06T16:58:47Z
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74797065733D706F6C6963797061706572
Health & Morbidity in the New Member States. ENEPRI Policy Briefs No. 1, 17 December 2007
Golinowska, Stanislawa.
Sowa, Agnieszka.
Topor-Madry, Roman.
Estonia
Slovak Republic
Poland
Hungary
public health policy (including global activities)
Bulgaria
This paper extracts the Policy Implications from ENEPRI Research Report Nos. 26-31, prepared under Work Package II of the AHEAD Project (Ageing, Health Status and Determinants of Health Expenditure) for the European Commission. Below are listed the titles of the full reports, which are available for free downloading (http://shop.ceps.eu): No. 26 Health and Morbidity in the Accession Countries: Country Report – Bulgaria, Rossitsa Rangelova, December 2006 No. 27 Health and Morbidity in the Accession Countries: Country Report – Estonia, Liis Rooväli, December 2006 No. 28 Health and Morbidity in the Accession Countries: Country Report – Hungary, Edit Remák, Róbert I. Gál and Renáta Németh, December 2006 No. 29 Health and Morbidity in the Accession Countries: Country Report – Poland, Stanisława Golinowska and Agnieszka Sowa, December 2006 No. 30 Health and Morbidity in the Accession Countries: Country Report – Slovakia, Vladimír Kvetan, Viliam Páleník, December 2006 No. 31 Health Status and Healthcare Systems in Central and East European Countries: Bulgaria, Estonia, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, Stanisława Golinowska, Agnieszka Sowa and Roman Topór-Mądry, December 2006
2007-12
Policy Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/9440/2/9440.pdf
Golinowska, Stanislawa. and Sowa, Agnieszka. and Topor-Madry, Roman. (2007) Health & Morbidity in the New Member States. ENEPRI Policy Briefs No. 1, 17 December 2007. [Policy Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/9440/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:9453
2012-04-06T17:39:17Z
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Health Expenditure Scenarios in the New Member States – Comparative Report on Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. ENEPRI Research Reports No. 43, 19 December 2007
Golinowska, Stanislawa
Kocot, Ewa
Sowa, Agnieszka.
public health policy (including global activities)
Estonia
Slovak Republic
Bulgaria
Poland
Hungary
The objective of this comparative report is to present the model of future health care system revenues and expenditures in selected Central and Eastern European countries which are now the new EU member states, and to discuss projection assumptions and results. Health expenditure analysis and projections are based on the ILO social budget model, a part of which is the health budget model. The model covers health care system revenues and expenditures. It is suitable for the analysis of impact exerted by demography (especially ageing) on health care system revenues and expenditures. The objective of AHEAD project is to examine those factors. Up to date, data and information sources in new member states that could be used for the long-term comparative projections have been limited.
2007-12
Other
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/9453/2/9453.pdf
Golinowska, Stanislawa and Kocot, Ewa and Sowa, Agnieszka. (2007) Health Expenditure Scenarios in the New Member States – Comparative Report on Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. ENEPRI Research Reports No. 43, 19 December 2007. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/9453/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:9458
2012-04-06T17:41:24Z
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Health Expenditure Scenarios in the New Member States: Country Report on Slovakia. ENEPRI Research Reports No. 48, 19 December 2007
Kvetan, Vladimir
Palenik, Villiam
Mlynek, Martin
Radvansky, Marek.
public health policy (including global activities)
Slovak Republic
As in other transforming economies, the Slovak economy was not able to avoid transformation recession. In its health care system, two negative effects have combined: - impact of transformation recession on financial perspective of the health system and - public sectors (with health system as a typical example) traditionally did not participate in the transformation process at all, or only made a partial transformation and were the last sectors to start transformation process. This situation brings many challenges for Slovakia’s healthcare system for the future. In basic setting receipts and expenditures of healthcare system will be one of the greatest challenges, especially with best healthcare possible for citizens. The goal of this work was to construct a macroeconomic model of revenues and expenditures of healthcare system in Slovakia and to apply this model in quantification of a basic forecast of the country’s healthcare budget and for sensitivity analysis. Aim of work is based on prediction of: - life expectations - real wage projection - employment rate projection.
2007-12
Other
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/9458/2/9458.pdf
Kvetan, Vladimir and Palenik, Villiam and Mlynek, Martin and Radvansky, Marek. (2007) Health Expenditure Scenarios in the New Member States: Country Report on Slovakia. ENEPRI Research Reports No. 48, 19 December 2007. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/9458/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:9472
2012-04-06T17:31:06Z
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7375626A656374733D46:46303039
7375626A656374733D44:44303031:44303031303436
74797065733D6F74686572
Health Status and Health Care Systems in Central and Eastern European Countries: Bulgaria, Estonia, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. ENEPRI Research Reports No. 31, 7 December 2006
Golinowska, Stanislawa
Sowa, Agnieszka
Topor-Madry, Roman.
public health policy (including global activities)
Estonia
Slovak Republic
Bulgaria
Poland
Hungary
The analysis aims to describe processes of demographic and epidemiological change, as well as health status self-assessment in selected Central and Eastern Europe countries (CEECs), including both the new member states and the candidate countries. The analysis is presented in the context of the use of medical services and the structure of services used. Special attention is given to those demographic and epidemiological changes that have direct impact on the frequency of medical services used and, as such, determine increases in health care costs. The ageing process and health status improvement are the main hypothethical determinants of health care costs and are therefore presented in more detail. Additionally, changes in health behaviour – mainly in the use of medical services – are discussed in the context of institutional changes in the health care sector. Comparative analysis covers the countries representing groups characterised by similar tendencies and specific health and demographic characteristics. Estonia respresents the Baltic states, Bulgaria, the Balkan countries, and Slovakia represents countries of Central Europe. Poland is a specific country, with demographic and epidemiological characteristics similar to Slovakia, but it is much larger, with a high share of rural population. In Hungary, demographic processes related to the second demographic transition began much earlier and are still dynamic, and as such, constitute a reference for other CEECs.
2006-12
Other
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/9472/2/9472.pdf
Golinowska, Stanislawa and Sowa, Agnieszka and Topor-Madry, Roman. (2006) Health Status and Health Care Systems in Central and Eastern European Countries: Bulgaria, Estonia, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. ENEPRI Research Reports No. 31, 7 December 2006. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/9472/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:9477
2012-04-06T17:32:14Z
7374617475733D707562
7375626A656374733D46:46303231
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Health and Morbidity in the Accession Countries Country Report – Slovak Republic. ENEPRI Research Reports No. 30, 6 December 2006
Kvetan, Vladimir
Palenik, Viliam.
public health policy (including global activities)
Slovak Republic
Over the last 15 years, dramatic changes have been underway in the Slovak Republic in terms of both the health of the population and healthcare provision. This study provides information and key findings on the morbidity, health status and utilisation of healthcare services in the Slovak Republic. In presenting the demographic picture in the country, the report highlights trends in fertility, morbidity and mortality rates. It points to the rising age of the population and stagnating population growth. An overview is also given of the current Slovak healthcare system and its organisation. The key legislative reforms that have driven changes in social benefits are summarised, along with their impact on the delivery of healthcare services. The main characteristics of the health status of the population are then identified, from the perspectives of self-assessed health and healthcare utilisation, drawing on data from national surveys. Further analyses are undertaken using a logit model, which seeks to identify the factors that influence health status and the use of medical services. Detailed findings are presented by age group, gender, type of economic activity and marital status.
2006-12
Other
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/9477/2/9477.pdf
Kvetan, Vladimir and Palenik, Viliam. (2006) Health and Morbidity in the Accession Countries Country Report – Slovak Republic. ENEPRI Research Reports No. 30, 6 December 2006. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/9477/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:11094
2015-08-03T19:40:50Z
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Collapse in Eastern Europe? The rationale for the creation of a European Financial Stability Fund. CEPS Commentaries, 25 February 2009
Gros, Daniel.
European Financial Stability Facility
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
monetary policy
financial crisis 2008-on/reforms/economic governance
In this new commentary, CEPS Director Daniel Gros looks at the threat posed to EU banks by their exposure to capital flights and currency attacks in Eastern Europe, recommending the creation of a large scale, temporary European Financial Stability Fund to deal with the crisis.
2009-02
Policy Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/11094/1/1804[1].pdf
Gros, Daniel. (2009) Collapse in Eastern Europe? The rationale for the creation of a European Financial Stability Fund. CEPS Commentaries, 25 February 2009. [Policy Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/11094/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:11473
2011-02-15T23:14:50Z
7374617475733D707562
7375626A656374733D46:46303036
7375626A656374733D46:46303239
7375626A656374733D46:46303234
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7375626A656374733D46:46303133
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7375626A656374733D46:46303139
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Transatlantic Relations 2009: European Expectations for the Post-Bush Era. EPIN Working Paper No. 20, November 2008
Multiple, Author.
Belgium
Latvia
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
Slovenia
France
Cyprus
Spain
Germany
Sweden
Poland
Hungary
EU-US
U.K.
Romania
Czech Republic
The new US administration most likely will reach out to its European partners on many global and bilateral issues. President-elect Barack Obama will most likely demand more substantive and increased contributions from the European allies to a multitude of key projects: from stabilising Afghanistan and waging the war on terror to devising global solutions to the financial crisis and managing the rise of China. [Introduction]. Based on surveys conducted in 15 member states and of the European Union as a whole, this working paper (published in November 2008) explores what the EU and its individual member states expect from the United States in the post-Bush era. Individual case studies outline the concrete issues and fields of action that Europeans seek to address in the transatlantic format.
Techau, Jan
Skiba, Alexander.
2008-11
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/11473/1/1754.pdf
Multiple, Author. (2008) Transatlantic Relations 2009: European Expectations for the Post-Bush Era. EPIN Working Paper No. 20, November 2008. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/11473/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:11487
2011-02-15T23:14:57Z
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The Elderly Poor in the EU’s New Member States. ENEPRI Research Reports No. 60, November 2008
Gabos, A.
Gal, R. I.
Kosta, J.
Kump, N.
Lenart, A.
Pietka, K.
Stropnik, N.
Vokoun, J.
Workie Tirneh, M.
Romania
Estonia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
welfare state
Poland
Hungary
To what extent is the financial position of the elderly in the NMS more vulnerable than that of the old member states (or the EU-15), due to a rather unfavourable starting point and the possible impact of pension reforms? This is the main issue of the current research report. It tries to delineate the vulnerability of the income position of elderly people in the NMS, in relation to the demographic, socio-economic and institutional context of these countries. More specifically, the report focuses on: - the current level of income of the elderly in the NMS, and the degree of relative poverty; - the way this position is related to the educational and labour market status of the elderly in the NMS, their retirement behaviour, institutional arrangements (notably the pension system), and demographic developments; - specific problems regarding the income position of possibly ‘marginal’ elderly groups in the NMS (such as single elderly female pensioners).
Vrooman, J. C.
2008-11
Other
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/11487/1/1753.pdf
Gabos, A. and Gal, R. I. and Kosta, J. and Kump, N. and Lenart, A. and Pietka, K. and Stropnik, N. and Vokoun, J. and Workie Tirneh, M. (2008) The Elderly Poor in the EU’s New Member States. ENEPRI Research Reports No. 60, November 2008. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/11487/
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The Adoption of the Euro in the New EU Member States: Repercussions of the Financial Crisis
Allam, Miriam.
Latvia
Estonia
Slovak Republic
Lithuania
Slovenia
Cyprus
Malta
Poland
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
EMU/EMS/euro
The new EU Member States are under the legal obligation to introduce the euro as soon as they meet the convergence/Maastricht criteria. However, their status as “Member States with a derogation” (Art. 122 TEC) gives them some leeway in setting the target date. In 2007, Slovenia was the only country of this group that joined the euro-area; Malta and Cyprus followed in 2008, and the latest Member State to adopt the euro was Slovakia in 2009. For the other Central and East European Countries (CEEC) the timing is still unknown; official announcements are not consistent and target dates vary from 2010 to 2015. This article discusses the obligations related to the European Monetary Union (EMU) during the different stages of the EU and eurozone accession process, whilst also reflecting upon the impact of the financial crisis on eurozone enlargement and addressing the current debate on unilateral euroisation.
2009
Article
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/12377/1/20090709111740_Art4_Eipascoop2009_01.pdf
Allam, Miriam. (2009) The Adoption of the Euro in the New EU Member States: Repercussions of the Financial Crisis. EIPAScope, 2009 (1). pp. 27-34.
http://aei.pitt.edu/12377/
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Vulnerabilities, Accession Hangovers and the Presidency Role: Explaining New EU Member States' Choices for Europe. CES Central & Eastern Europe Working Paper Series No. 68, February 2010
Haughton, Tim.
European Council-Presidency
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Czech Republic
multi-speed integration
What shapes a European Union member state's preferences and why do some states seem much more enthusiastic about further integration in some policy areas than others? This paper examines the factors which shape the preferences of three of the 2004 entrants: Slovakia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic. Based on a detailed study of government and party documents complemented by a series of 40 semi-structured interviews, I argue that whilst there is merit in many of the explanations used to explain national preference formation in the longer-established member states, the key to preference formation lies in vulnerabilities and perceived weakness.
2010-02
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/14473/1/CEE_WP_68.pdf
Haughton, Tim. (2010) Vulnerabilities, Accession Hangovers and the Presidency Role: Explaining New EU Member States' Choices for Europe. CES Central & Eastern Europe Working Paper Series No. 68, February 2010. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/14473/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:14605
2011-02-15T23:34:46Z
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The Slovakian Long-term Care System. ENEPRI Research Report No. 86, 15 June 2010
Radvansky, Marek
Palenik, Viliam.
Slovak Republic
welfare state
Launched in January 2009, ANCIEN is a research project that runs for a 44-month period and involves 20 partners from EU member states. The project principally concerns the future of long-term care (LTC) for the elderly in Europe and addresses two questions in particular: 1) How will need, demand, supply and use of LTC develop? 2) How do different systems of LTC perform? This case study on Slovakia is part of the first stage in the project aimed at collecting the basic data and necessary information to portray long-term care in each country of the EU. It will be followed by analysis and projections of future scenarios on long-term care needs, use, quality assurance and system performance. State-of-the-art demographic, epidemiologic and econometric modelling will be used to interpret and project needs, supply and use of long-term care over future time periods for different LTC systems.
2010-06
Other
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/14605/1/Slovakia.pdf
Radvansky, Marek and Palenik, Viliam. (2010) The Slovakian Long-term Care System. ENEPRI Research Report No. 86, 15 June 2010. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/14605/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:15146
2016-11-01T13:11:27Z
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Comparative Studies on the Administrative Convergence Revealed by National Strategies of Administrative Reform in Some South-Eastern European States
Matei, Lucica
Matei, Ani
Zanovschi, Diana
Stoian, Oana.
europeanisation/europeanization & European identity
public policy/public administration
Romania
Slovak Republic
Bulgaria
Greece
The paper has as main topic the administrative convergence and its reflection in the national strategies of administrative reform in some states in South Eastern Europe. Having a complex content, sometimes even ambiguous, the administrative convergence will have as finality the integration in the European Administrative Space and the administrative reforms as support. From this prospect, the South-Eastern Europe has a certain specificity emphasised by: - Different positions of the states under discussion related to the dynamics of the European integration process. - Development and evolution of the national public administrations in in direct connection both with Central European states and with the Eastern European ones, dominated by the Slav administrative culture, as well as the South European countries under the Balkan and Middle East influences. - Geo-strategic position of most states, including Romania, position that provides them a role of catalyser in the process of construction of the European Administrative Space. The paper is structured in three parts referring to the theoretical aspects concerning the administrative convergence, relevant case studies regarding Greece, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania, as well as conclusions based both on the theoretical elements and on the social perception of the domestic processes within the European Administrative Space. In the current version, the paper represents a research report drawn up within the framework of the Jean Monnet project “South-Eastern European developments on the administrative convergence and enlargement of the European Administrative Space in Balkan states.
2010-11
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/15146/1/researchreportBalcannet.pdf
Matei, Lucica and Matei, Ani and Zanovschi, Diana and Stoian, Oana. (2010) Comparative Studies on the Administrative Convergence Revealed by National Strategies of Administrative Reform in Some South-Eastern European States. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/15146/
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Slovakia's courageous gimmick. CEPS Commentary, 14 January 2011
Beblavy, Miroslav.
fiscal policy
Slovak Republic
financial crisis 2008-on/reforms/economic governance
To help both the United States and Europe grapple with their rising levels of government debt and large budget deficits, this Commentary suggests that EU policy-makers might be well advised to consider an innovative albeit quirky approach devised by Slovakia to deal with the problem, in which the personal prosperity of top national officials is based not only on wage developments in the economy, but also on the country’s fiscal prudence.
2011-01
Policy Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/15471/1/MB_on_Slovakia's_courageous_gimmick.pdf
Beblavy, Miroslav. (2011) Slovakia's courageous gimmick. CEPS Commentary, 14 January 2011. [Policy Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/15471/
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International action to prevent discrimination: the situation of the Roma community in the field of education. EDAP 3/2010
Gimenez., Judith
education policy/vocational training
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
Croatia
Macedonia
discrimination/minorities
This article discusses why recent discriminatory incidents against the Roma community, one of the biggest minorities in Europe, rise in racism and anti-Roma hate speech in public discourse concerns international organizations. The first part of this article briefly outlines human rights bodies’ definition and regulation on the principle of equality and non-discrimination generally and in particular with regard to Roma education. The second part compares recent international human rights’ conclusions on Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Slovakia with regard to the human rights developments of the Roma minority, and to the implementation of their national anti-discrimination legislation. In addition, the latter traces the debate on the access of Roma children to education in those countries, as well as reviews the European Court of Human Rights' case law, in particular with regard to two cases of Roma segregated education in Croatia and the Czech Republic. Finally, some conclusions are drawn as to how overcome the vicious circle of poverty and discrimination faced by the Roma population, in particular in the field of Roma education.
2010
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/29753/1/2010_edap03.pdf
http://www.eurac.edu/en/research/institutes/imr/Documents/2010_edap03.pdf
Gimenez., Judith (2010) International action to prevent discrimination: the situation of the Roma community in the field of education. EDAP 3/2010. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/29753/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:32251
2011-10-21T14:08:49Z
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European Administrative Space. Balkan Realities
Matei, Lucica
Vašiček, Davor
Kastelan-Mrak, Marija
civil society
integration theory (see also researching and writing the EU in this section)
environmental policy (including international arena)
regional policy/structural funds
public policy/public administration
Greece
Italy
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Bulgaria
Croatia
Serbia (June 2006-on)
europeanisation/europeanization & European identity
Since the conceptual framework of the European Administrative Space (EAS) in 1990s, at
least two convergent trends may be found out.
The first trend refers to EAS operationalisation as instrument and mechanism for assessing
the reforms of the national public administrations. Herewith, we refer to the deepness of EAS
content, which has become more comprehensive, incorporating the most significant aspects
on the public administrations reforms.
The second trend refers to continuous enlargement of EAS area. The limits of this area are
not the same with the EU limits and the internal processes of EAS do not have the same
intensity as those of the European integration. Therefore, we may assert that the EAS reveals
specific developments related to the traditions, history, administrative culture, national
identity etc., of every state.
The regional characteristics on the development of public administrations are decisive and the
administrative convergence will take them into account.
In this context, the current volume aims to reveal a few Balkan realities on EAS. Of course
our approach is far from presenting the whole complexity of the phenomena and processes of
public administrations in the Balkan states. The arguments on the above difficulty refer to:
The Economica Publishing House
Matei, Lucica
Vašiček, Davor
Kastelan-Mrak, Marija
2011-08
Book
PeerReviewed
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http://aei.pitt.edu/32251/1/ASsee_No.3_2011.pdf
http://www.balcannet.eu/assee.htm
Matei, Lucica and Vašiček, Davor and Kastelan-Mrak, Marija (2011) European Administrative Space. Balkan Realities. The Economica Publishing House, Bucharest,Romania. ISBN 9789737095527
http://aei.pitt.edu/32251/
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Towards the completion of Europe. Analysis and perspectives of the new European Union enlargement.
Abraham, David
Akbar , Yusaf H.
Böhm, Monika
Crawford, Beverly
Domínguez , Roberto
Eralp , Atila
Granell, Francesc
Gungor, Gaye
Ibryamova, Nuray
Ilcheva, Maria
Krok-Paszkowska, Ania.
Laursen, Finn
Lemke, Christiane
Maas, Willem
Nugent, Neill
Roy, Joaquín
Royo, Sebastián
Schimmelfennig, Frank
Thiel, Markus
Vilpisauskas, Ramunas
environmental policy (including international arena)
common foreign & security policy 1993--European Global Strategy
EU-Mediterranean/Union for the Mediterranean
development
enlargement
European Parliament
Estonia
Germany
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Portugal
Romania
Slovak Republic
Spain
Turkey
europeanisation/europeanization & European identity
discrimination/minorities
general
free movement/border control
This volume aims to contribute to the analysis of the EU in general
and the background and consequences of its 2004 enlargement
in particular. This enlargement is by far one of the greatest tests
for the European Union and its institutions because the process
of Europeanization is taking place in a variety of countries with
diverse political cultures and dissimilar perceptions about the
meaning and commitment to European integration. Given their
differences in political and economic power, incumbent and new
members are inevitably altering the functioning and character of
the EU, a unique polity in the international system. Derived from
this theoretical challenge, the chapters of this book suggest some
explanations on six areas related to the 2004 enlargement: analytical
approaches, citizens and identities, debates and regional transformations,
external impacts, and the potential Turkey’s membership.
The articles included in this publication are the result of the
academic initiative of the Miami European Union Center, partnership
formed by the University of Miami and Florida International
University since 2000, which was also selected by the European
Commission as one of the ten European Union Centers of Excellence
in the United States for the period 2005|2008.
Jean Monnet Chair/University of Miami
Roy, Joaquín
Dominguez, Roberto
2006
Book
PeerReviewed
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http://aei.pitt.edu/32452/1/EU_enlarg%2Dbook%2Dtext%2Bcover.pdf
http://www6.miami.edu/eucenter/
Abraham, David and Akbar , Yusaf H. and Böhm, Monika and Crawford, Beverly and Domínguez , Roberto and Eralp , Atila and Granell, Francesc and Gungor, Gaye and Ibryamova, Nuray and Ilcheva, Maria and Krok-Paszkowska, Ania. and Laursen, Finn and Lemke, Christiane and Maas, Willem and Nugent, Neill and Roy, Joaquín and Royo, Sebastián and Schimmelfennig, Frank and Thiel, Markus and Vilpisauskas, Ramunas (2006) Towards the completion of Europe. Analysis and perspectives of the new European Union enlargement. Jean Monnet Chair/University of Miami. ISBN 0963867873
http://aei.pitt.edu/32452/
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Poland and Slovakia: Drawing the same lesson from two different events? CEPS Commentary, 19 October 2011
Kaczyński, Piotr Maciej
Poland
Slovak Republic
In this Commentary, Piotr Maciej Kaczyński looks at seemingly different recent political developments in Poland and Slovakia, but draws a common lesson: any new party entering the political scene needs some time to consolidate internally before it enters the government. Both the Slovak and the Czech governments have suffered recent instability due to their political backing by newly emerging actors. He warns that Poland should not make the same mistake.
2011-10
Policy Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
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http://shop.ceps.eu/book/poland-and-slovakia-drawing-same-lesson-two-different-events
Kaczyński, Piotr Maciej (2011) Poland and Slovakia: Drawing the same lesson from two different events? CEPS Commentary, 19 October 2011. [Policy Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/32629/
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Why has the crisis been bad for private pensions, but good for the flat tax? The sustainability of 'neoliberal' reforms in the new Member States. CEPS Working Document No. 356, October 2011
Beblavý, Miroslav
tax policy
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Malta
welfare state
In this paper, we examine two questions related to the sustainability of the major, neoliberal, economic
and social reforms in the new EU member states, namely the flat income tax and private pension
pillars. First, we look at the relationship between the political consensus/controversy at the time
major policy reforms were passed and the future sustainability of these reforms after a change of
government. Second, we explore what we call a paradox of reverse sustainability, whereby the flat
income tax has been more politically resilient during the global financial and economic crisis than
private pensions, even though ex ante expectations and the literature would lead us to expect the
opposite.
The paper shows that controversy at the time the reforms were passed had no effect on subsequent
sustainability, and the levels of partisanship and public support with regard to a specific reform seem
less important than the political costs and benefits. We also find that despite their apparent neoliberal
bent, the two policies are versatile enough to be shaped towards a variety of policy goals, allowing
their introduction and retention in a variety of economic and social circumstances. In other words,
even though private pensions and particularly the flat tax have powerful political connotations, they
are by no means policy straitjackets.
While both reforms could sustain themselves throughout the ‘good’ times before the global crisis, their
fates diverged during the crisis. Neither public support nor the large constituency of savers could
fully protect private pensions from a policy reversal during a period of exceptional fiscal pressure.
That is because a reversal was associated with significant, short-term fiscal gains and the states where
these reversals took place also took a range of other decisions that were politically extraordinarily
difficult. On the other hand, we demonstrate that the introduction or potential reversal of the flat tax
was not associated with significant, short-term revenue gains. It is the relatively ‘cheap’ nature of the
flat tax that distinguishes it from private pensions, because it sends a highly cost-effective signal in
terms of revenues lost owing to its existence.
2011-10
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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http://aei.pitt.edu/32966/1/WD_356_Beblavy_on_Neoliberal_Reforms_in_NMS.pdf
http://shop.ceps.eu/book/why-has-crisis-been-bad-private-pensions-good-flat-tax-sustainability-%E2%80%98neoliberal%E2%80%99-reforms-new-
Beblavý, Miroslav (2011) Why has the crisis been bad for private pensions, but good for the flat tax? The sustainability of 'neoliberal' reforms in the new Member States. CEPS Working Document No. 356, October 2011. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/32966/
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The Visegrad Group and the European Union’s ‘Eastern’
Dimension
Dangerfield, Martin
common foreign & security policy 1993--European Global Strategy
European Neighbourhood Policy
Hungary
Poland
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
The 2004 enlargement of the European Union (EU) changed the dynamics of its engagement with the former Soviet Republics which now constitute the Eastern neighbourhood. As well as manifold implications of the eastward shift of the EU
border and ‘acquisition of a shared neighbourhood with Russia, the enlarged EU now incorporated new member states with foreign policy concerns focused mostly on the Eastern neighbours. Four of the new member states – the Czech
Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – brought into the EU with them their own subregional alliance in the form of the Visegrad Group (VG). Since 2004 the ‘Visegrad 4’ (V4) have been attempting to develop an effective multilateral
contribution to EU ‘Eastern Policy’ and to reform processes in the WNIS. This paper argues that while there has been some evidence of an effective VG multilateral approach, in both inputs to EU Eastern policy and modest support
for broader ‘Europeanisation’ processes in WNIS, so far the VG has failed to achieve a lead role in EU Eastern policy and that a range of obstacles have limited the multilateral approach of the V4 in general.
2009
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
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http://aei.pitt.edu/33048/1/dangerfield._martin.pdf
http://www.euce.org/eusa2009/papers.php
Dangerfield, Martin (2009) The Visegrad Group and the European Union’s ‘Eastern’ Dimension. In: UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/33048/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:33050
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Assessing the impact of European integration on the foreign policy-making in Central and Eastern Europe: the cases of Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia
Denca, Sorin Stefan
Hungary
Romania
Slovak Republic
europeanisation/europeanization & European identity
This paper discusses how the European integration influences the domestic structures and processes of foreign
policy-making in the new member states from Central and Eastern Europe, namely in Hungary, Romania and
Slovakia. Previous studies on Europeanization of foreign policy provide for mixed evidences with regard to the
real domestic impact of the EU. The research questions addressed in this paper are: 1) to what extent does
Europeanization cause institutional convergence in the new member states? 2) what role does domestic politics
play as regard institutional adaptation? 3) what is the extent of internalization of EU’s norms by national
officials dealing with European affairs? 4) what is the role of national representatives dealing with European
affairs in disseminating EU’s norms within the political-administrative structures at national level? and e) does
the manner in which the elite from the new member states perceives the exercise and distribution of power
within the EU alter the outcomes of the Europeanization process? The main argument here is that even if the
European integration has been the catalyst for institutional adaptation, the structural domestic changes have been shaped less by the Europeanization pressures than by domestic factors, such as governmental / coalition politics or bureaucratic politics. Three main factors justify the selection of Hungary, Romania and Slovakia as the three case studies. Firstly, they have different integration records. Secondly, they have different types of political regimes. The type of political regimes is assumed to have an impact on the organization of the policy-making
systems. Thirdly, all three are connected by the ethnic factor, reflected in the content and conduct of their
foreign policies. The data is based mainly on primary sources, specifically official documents, media reports, indepth interviews conducted in Brussels, Bratislava, Bucharest, and Budapest, as well as participant observation
of EU Council’s meetings.
2009
Conference or Workshop Item
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/33050/1/denca._sorin_stefan.pdf
http://www.euce.org/eusa2009/papers.php
Denca, Sorin Stefan (2009) Assessing the impact of European integration on the foreign policy-making in Central and Eastern Europe: the cases of Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia. In: UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/33050/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:34070
2012-03-22T14:31:14Z
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Long-Term Care Quality Assurance Policies in the European Union. ENEPRI Research Report No. 111, March 2012
Dandi, Roberto
Casanova, Georgia
Volpe, Massimo
De Belvis, Antonio Giulio
Avolio, Maria
Pelone, Ferruccio
Austria
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Netherlands
Poland
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
U.K.
welfare state
This report analyses the quality assurance policies for long-term care (LTC) in the following countries: Austria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
The authors first discuss quality assurance in LTC by analysing: the dimensions of quality, the policy frameworks for quality in LTC, the different levels of development of LTC quality policies at the international, national, organisational, and individual levels. Second, they describe the methodology for collecting and analysing data on quality policies in the selected countries, and report and discuss the results. Policy recommendations are proposed at the end.
2012-03
Other
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/34070/1/Quality_Assurance_Policies_for_LTC_in_in_the_EU.pdf
http://shop.ceps.eu/book/long-term-care-quality-assurance-policies-european-union
Dandi, Roberto and Casanova, Georgia and Volpe, Massimo and De Belvis, Antonio Giulio and Avolio, Maria and Pelone, Ferruccio (2012) Long-Term Care Quality Assurance Policies in the European Union. ENEPRI Research Report No. 111, March 2012. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/34070/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:36817
2012-10-02T17:23:46Z
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Workplace Innovation and Technological Change. CEPS Special Report, September 2012
Beblavý, Miroslav
Maselli, Ilaria
Martellucci, Elisa
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
Netherlands
Slovak Republic
U.K.
This paper explores the extent to which the illusive phenomenon of workplace innovation has pervaded workplaces in Europe and whether it could be one of the answers to Europe’s longterm social and economic challenges that stem from an ageing workforce and the need for more flexibility to stay competitive. Basic data drawn from European Working Conditions Survey conducted every five years by the Dublin-based European Foundation for the Improvement of
Living and Working Conditions are supplemented by a series of case studies to look at the problems encountered in introducing workplace innovation and possible solutions. One set of case studies examines the following organisations: SGI/GI (Slovak Governance Institute (Slovakia), as representative of the world of small- and medium-sized enterprises; Oticon (Denmark) as representative of manufacturing companies; the Open University (UK), as representative of educational organizations; and FPS Social Security (Belgium) representing the public sector. Two final case studies focus on the country-level, one looking at of how a specific
innovation can become fully mainstreamed (in the Netherlands and the ‘part-time economy’) and the other (Finland and TEKES) looking at how a government programme can help disseminate workplace innovation. These six case studies, together with the statistical analysis, constitute the main empirical value added of the report.
2012-09
Other
NonPeerReviewed
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http://aei.pitt.edu/36817/1/ceps_7.pdf
http://www.ceps.be/book/workplace-innovation-and-technological-change
Beblavý, Miroslav and Maselli, Ilaria and Martellucci, Elisa (2012) Workplace Innovation and Technological Change. CEPS Special Report, September 2012. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/36817/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:42923
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Approximation to EU Technical Standards with and without the Promise of Membership: the Cases of Slovakia and Ukraine. EU Diplomacy Paper 02/2013
Minarik, Martin
regulations/regulatory policies
enlargement
Slovak Republic
Russia
Ukraine
This paper aims to identify the extent to which the non-promise of membership of the European Union (EU) precludes the motivation of Ukraine as European Neighbourhood
Policy country to adopt EU policies in the field of market access, namely technical standards and regulations. Its approximation approach is compared to the fast-tracked accession of Slovakia, which was driven by a clear-cut membership promise. Furthermore, the paper elaborates whether the conclusion of an Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine, including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, provides sufficient incentives for Ukraine to continue reforming its quality infrastructure in order to gain access to the Single European Market. Finally, scenarios of possible developments of EU-Ukraine relations
are deliberated in the context of the EU-Ukraine-Russia triangle. The paper argues that market access provides sufficient stimulus for third countries to adhere to EU
technical standards – even in the absence of a clear and credible promise of future EU membership. Yet, in the case of Ukraine, the country’s relations with Russia appear
to compete with its EU approximation process, resulting for the time being in Ukraine attempting to pursue a balanced dual cooperation with both the EU and Russia.
2013-01
Working Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/42923/1/edp_2_2013_minarik.pdf
https://www.coleurope.eu/website/study/eu-international-relations-and-diplomacy-studies/research-activities/eu-diplomacy
Minarik, Martin (2013) Approximation to EU Technical Standards with and without the Promise of Membership: the Cases of Slovakia and Ukraine. EU Diplomacy Paper 02/2013. [Working Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/42923/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:46145
2013-12-09T15:29:38Z
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The Visegrad group and Germany: towards a new paradigm. CEPS Commentary, 28 November 2013
Šimečka, Michal
Germany
Hungary
Poland
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
In surveying the strategic realignment now underway in Central Europe among the four members of the Visegrad Group, Michal Simecka observes in a new CEPS Commentary that it is hard to think of another point in modern history that permitted a scenario of Germany and its eastern neighbours working together to constructively shape Europe.
2013-11
Policy Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/46145/1/Simecka_%2D_V4_Germany_%2D_final_version.pdf
http://ceps.eu/book/visegrad-group-and-germany-towards-new-paradigm
Šimečka, Michal (2013) The Visegrad group and Germany: towards a new paradigm. CEPS Commentary, 28 November 2013. [Policy Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/46145/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:52895
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Formal Intergovernmental Alliances in the European Union: Disappearing or Still Alive?
Klemenčič, Manja
Hungary
Poland
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
governance: EU & national level
The leading opinion-making newspaper The Economist suggested during the time of the Constitutional Treaty negotiations that ‘there are no more fixed and reliable alliances in the EU. Countries team up with each other, depending on issue and circumstances’ (The Economist, February 6, 2003: 3). This was a daring suggestion in view of the history of long-term strategic relationships within Europe, especially the Franco-German and the Benelux, which have in the past played leadership role in the establishment and progress of European integration. Former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, also commented that the Constitutional Treaty negotiations have shown a ‚renaissance of bilateralism‛ in the new Europe: ‘With each new issue we are likely to see changing ad hoc coalitions of member states’ (De Hoop Scheffer 2003: 1). Similarly, Lord Kerr in his address at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University (11 July 2003) suggested that ‘*a+lliances [were] increasingly a matter of convenience; we can expect more of a wide-spread promiscuity among member states’. Do such assertions stand up to scholarly investigation? Is there any empirical evidence to suggest that the existing formal alliances in Europe are disappearing?
Analysing the case of the Visegrád Group this paper answers negatively. It argues that the strength of cooperation within formal alliances is not to be evaluated based on their coalitional cooperation in the end games of EU negotiations, which tend to attract most popular attention. Rather, the questions of viability of formal alliances need to shift from the end-game of EU negotiations to the day-to-day interactions between the lower-end of the government hierarchy, i.e. the government representatives at the technical and lower political level – this is where the vast majority of EU policy agenda is set and majority of policy formulations are agreed upon in the pre-negotiations within the Council working groups.
In view of these findings, the paper suggests that the prominent account of ‘two-level games’ by Putnam (1988) which has influenced most of the recent literature on EU negotiations might need to be revised to take into account the ‚third-level‛ negotiations within formal alliances.. The argument introduced is that next to the domestic constituencies and EU-level negotiations, as depicted by Putnam (1988), governments involved in formal alliances also simultaneously negotiate with their alliance partners.
2011
Conference Proceedings
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/52895/1/KLEMENCIC.pdf
Klemenčič, Manja (2011) Formal Intergovernmental Alliances in the European Union: Disappearing or Still Alive? [Conference Proceedings] (Submitted)
http://aei.pitt.edu/52895/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:57174
2014-11-06T22:06:02Z
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Forecasting migration between the EU, V4 and Eastern Europe. Impact of visa abolition. OSW Report, July 2014
Dušan Drbohlav, Dušan Drbohlav
Jaroszewicz, Marta
Strielkowski, Wadim
Parusel, Bernd
Brunarska, Zuzanna
Čermáková, Dita
Soltész,, Béla
Zimmerer, Gábor
Benč, Vladimír
Betliy, Oleksandra
Całus, Kamil
Yeliseyeu, Andrei
Kaźmierkiewicz, Piotr
Hungary
Poland
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
Ukraine
Belarus
Moldova
immigration policy
This book is the result of one year of solid work among a multinational research team assembled from seven states (Poland, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova). It aims at a detailed analysis of migration patterns and migration forecasts from Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova to the EU/V4. In particular, the nexus between EU visa policy and migration dynamics
as well as the impact of economic, political and institutional factors on migration
from Eastern Europe have been investigated. The importance of migration
policy must be stressed here. Together with demand for the foreign labour
force (labour market needs, level of wages, existing work opportunities) and
migration networks (including ethnic links), migration policy has a powerful
influence on the scale, directions and characteristics of human flows.
Jaroszewicz, Marta
Lesińska, Magdalena
Harrell, Timothy
2014-07
Other
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/57174/1/migration_report_0.pdf
http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/osw-report/2014-06-23/forecasting-migration-between-eu-v4-and-eastern-europe-impact-visa
Dušan Drbohlav, Dušan Drbohlav and Jaroszewicz, Marta and Strielkowski, Wadim and Parusel, Bernd and Brunarska, Zuzanna and Čermáková, Dita and Soltész,, Béla and Zimmerer, Gábor and Benč, Vladimír and Betliy, Oleksandra and Całus, Kamil and Yeliseyeu, Andrei and Kaźmierkiewicz, Piotr (2014) Forecasting migration between the EU, V4 and Eastern Europe. Impact of visa abolition. OSW Report, July 2014. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/57174/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:57929
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The prospects for Croatia's co-operation with the Visegrad Group. OSW Commentary No. 116, 02.10.2013
Sadecki, Andrzej
EU-South-Eastern Europe (Balkans)
enlargement
Hungary
Poland
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
Croatia
The Visegrad Group gained a new neighbour in the European Union on 1 July 2013. Given the
geographic proximity, similar level of development and a number of shared interests, Croatia
could become a valuable partner in Central European regional co-operation. Co-operation in
the “V4+” format is possible in most of the Visegrad Group’s priorities, primarily in: energy security,
transport, neighbourhood policy and EU enlargement. V4 could be attractive for Croatia
as a grouping which forms broader coalitions within the EU and is helpful in solving regional
problems. However, making use of this potential in practice will depend on the determination
to enhance co-operation, and its success may be thwarted by temporary bilateral issues.
2013-10
Policy Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/57929/1/commentary_116.pdf
http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/osw-commentary/2013-10-03/prospects-croatias-co-operation-visegrad-group
Sadecki, Andrzej (2013) The prospects for Croatia's co-operation with the Visegrad Group. OSW Commentary No. 116, 02.10.2013. [Policy Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/57929/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:57993
2014-12-06T22:45:29Z
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Eastern Policy of the EU: the Visegrad Countries' Perspective. OSW Point of View, February 2003
Pelczynska-Nalecz, Katarzyna
Duleba, Alexander
Poti, Laszlo
Votapek, Vladimir
Hungary
Poland
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Moldova
1. After its enlargement, scheduled for 2004, the European Union will face a completely new situation at its eastern borders. This new situation calls for a new concept of the EU eastern activities, i.e. for development of the new Eastern Policy of the EU.
2. Due to a number of specific features such as geographical location, closeness of ties, direct risk factors etc., the Visegrad countries will and should be particularly interested in the process of formulating the new EU Eastern Policy. Consequently, they should be the co-makers of this policy.
3. The new EU Eastern Policy should differ fundamentally from the Union's traditional eastern relations. Firstly, its scope should not cover the entire CIS area: instead, the policy should focus on some of the European successor states of the former Soviet Union, namely Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, as well as Moldova, following the accession of Romania. It does not seem advisable to exclude the Russian Federation from this policy and to develop and implement a separate policy towards it. The new Eastern Policy should be an autonomous component and one of the most important elements in the overall foreign policy of the EU.
4. Secondly, the new Eastern Policy should be founded on the following two pillars: a region-oriented strategy, which could be called the Eastern Dimension, and reshaped strategies for individual countries. The Eastern Dimension should set up a universal framework of co-operation, defining its basic mechanisms and objectives. These should include: the adaptation assistance programme, JHA, transborder co-operation, social dialogue and transport infrastructures. The approach, however, should be kept flexible, taking into account the specific situation of each country. This purpose should be served by keeping in place the existing bilateral institutional contacts between the EU and each of its eastern neighbours, and by developing a national strategy for each neighbour.
Labuszewska, Anna
2003-02
Other
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/57993/1/punkt_widzenia4.pdf
http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/policy-briefs/2003-01-15/eastern-policy-eu-visegrad-countries-perspective-thinking-about
Pelczynska-Nalecz, Katarzyna and Duleba, Alexander and Poti, Laszlo and Votapek, Vladimir (2003) Eastern Policy of the EU: the Visegrad Countries' Perspective. OSW Point of View, February 2003. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/57993/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:58012
2014-12-06T22:59:28Z
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The gas target model for the Visegard 4 Region: conceptual analysis. OSW Report, May 2013
Ascari, Sergio
energy policy (Including international arena)
Hungary
Poland
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
The similarity of issues and geographical proximity have led the Visegrad 4 countries (V4) to undertake closer collaboration in natural gas policy, notably by agreeing on a common security of supply strategy, including regional emergency planning, and a common implementation of the Gas Target Model (GTM) that European regulators have proposed for the medium-long term design of the EU gas market, and which has been endorsed by the Madrid Regulatory Forum. As a contribution to this collaboration, the present paper will analyse how the GTM may be implemented in the V4 region, with a view to maximize the benefits that arise from joint implementation. A most relevant conclusion of the GTM is that markets should be large enough to attract market players and investments, so that sufficient diversity of sources may be reached and market power indicators are kept below dangerous levels. In most cases, this requires physical and/or virtual interconnection of present markets, which is also useful to achieve the required security of supply standards, as envisaged in the Regulation 994/2010/EC.
Osica, Olaf
Glachant, Jean-Michael
Daborowski, Tomasz
2013-05
Other
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/58012/1/raport_04_the%2Dgas%2Dtarget%2Dmodel_net_0.pdf
http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/osw-report/2013-06-19/gas-target-model-visegrad-4-region
Ascari, Sergio (2013) The gas target model for the Visegard 4 Region: conceptual analysis. OSW Report, May 2013. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/58012/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:58015
2014-12-06T23:37:44Z
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Visegrad development aid in the Eastern Partnership Region. OSW Report, February 2014
Vegh, Zsuzsanna
development
EU-Eastern Partnership
Hungary
Poland
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
The international development cooperation systems of the Visegrad countries are all rather new, in most cases only about a decade old. They are still undergoing reforms and the countries are striving to strengthen their own profiles as development donors in the world by gradually increasing their bilateral ODA. Although their resources are limited and were further cut due to the financial and economic crisis, the bilateral ODA ratio of the Visegrad countries as a group spent in the EaP region gradually increased after 2009.
Given that the individual systems are still developing and the countries are focusing on creating their own brand, it is highly unlikely that in the near future it would be in their interest to set up a common development fund – either for the EaP region or in general. Instead of creating new institutions, however, a rationalization of the current cooperation systems and a consolidation of existing resources is feasible and should be considered.
Gnlazdowski, Mateusz
Sadecki, Andrzej
Kazimierska, Katarzyna
Labuszewska, Anna
2014-02
Other
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/58015/1/raport_visegrad_international_net.pdf
http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/osw-report/2014-02-24/visegrad-development-aid-eastern-partnership-region
Vegh, Zsuzsanna (2014) Visegrad development aid in the Eastern Partnership Region. OSW Report, February 2014. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/58015/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:58088
2014-12-06T20:28:17Z
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Strategia unii europejskiej dla regionu dunaju. Implikacje dla Polski i Grupy Wyszehradzkiej. Prace OSW 37/2011. = European Union Strategy for the Danube region. Implications for the Polish and the Visegrad Group. OSW Study 37/2011
Gniazdowski, Mateusz
Strazay i zespol, Tomas
Osica, Olaf
Hungary
Poland
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
Strategia dunajska jest drugim po strategii bałtyckiej przykładem rosnącego znaczenia makroregionów w Unii Europejskiej. Na politykę regionalną patrzy się przy tym coraz częściej przez pryzmat realizacji nie tylko spójności wewnętrznej, ale także działań na rzecz lepszego powiązania państwa z otoczeniem zewnętrznym – zarówno unijnym, jak i pozaunijnym.
Polska współtworzy strategię bałtycką, ale nie została włączona do ścisłego grona państw przygotowujących strategię dunajską. Wyzwaniem dla Grupy Wyszehradzkiej jest określenie stanowiska w sprawie roli strategii makroregionalnych w budowaniu spójności Europy Środkowej i harmonijnego rozwoju całej UE. Postulat lepszej koordynacji polityk i środków UE w celu wdrażania strategii makroregionalnych należy traktować także jako wezwanie do zacieśnienia współpracy między Polską a jej południowymi sąsiadami, bezpośrednio zaangażowanymi w realizację strategii dunajskiej.
Labuszewska, Anna
Kazimierska, Katarzyna
Zarebska, Malgorzata
2011-07
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Gniazdowski, Mateusz and Strazay i zespol, Tomas and Osica, Olaf (2011) Strategia unii europejskiej dla regionu dunaju. Implikacje dla Polski i Grupy Wyszehradzkiej. Prace OSW 37/2011. = European Union Strategy for the Danube region. Implications for the Polish and the Visegrad Group. OSW Study 37/2011. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/58088/
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Slovakia: the Eurogroup’s enfant terrible. OSW Commentary No. 63, 2011-10-14
Groszkowski, Jakub
European Financial Stability Facility
Slovak Republic
financial crisis 2008-on/reforms/economic governance
When Slovakia’s parliament rejected the European Financial Stability
Facility (EFSF) reform on 11 October it undermined Slovakia’s reputation as
a credible partner within the EU. Moreover, Prime Minister Iveta Radicova
combined the vote on the strengthening of the EFSF – a key anti-crisis
mechanism in the Eurozone – with a vote of confidence for her cabinet.
This eventually led to the collapse of the government. Before Slovakia’s
decision, the strengthening of the EFSF had been endorsed by the national
parliaments of all the eurozone countries. Slovakia, which had opted to be
the last one to carry out the ratification procedure, adopted the EFSF reform
only in a re-vote on 13 October, due to the support of the opposition
left-wing party. However, problems with ratification have cast a shadow
over the achievements of Slovakia which as one of the freshest members
of the eurozone had been actively seeking to influence the creation of EU
mechanisms for dealing with the debt crisis.
For the past eighteen months the Slovak government, formed by conservative
and liberal parties, has consistently called for the controlled bankruptcy
of Greece, a tightening of the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact,
and for the private sector’s participation in financing the rescue packages
for indebted states. It was in part down to Slovakia that these proposals,
previously regarded as extreme, were introduced into the mainstream EU
debate. The constructive position presented by Slovakia’s diplomacy in
recent months has brought Bratislava tangible results, such as the reduction
of its contribution to the permanent anti-crisis fund, the European
Stabilisation Mechanism (ESM). Thus Slovakia, which adopted the single
currency on 1 January 2009, has become an informal spokesman for the
new, poorer members of the eurozone.
2011-10
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http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/osw-commentary/2011-10-18/slovakia-eurogroups-enfant-terrible
Groszkowski, Jakub (2011) Slovakia: the Eurogroup’s enfant terrible. OSW Commentary No. 63, 2011-10-14. [Policy Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/58337/
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Breaking the boundaries. The transformation of Central European gas markets. OSW Point of View Number 46, December 2014
Dąborowski, Tomasz
energy policy (Including international arena)
Hungary
Poland
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
According to the European Council decision of February 2011, the process of creating the European Union’s internal gas market should be completed by the end of 2014. Therefore, it is worth summarising the changes which have taken place in the gas markets of Central Europe so far. The past few years have seen not only a period of gradual ‘marketisation’ of the national gas sectors, but also the building of new gas infrastructure, a redrawing of the gas flow map, and changes in the ownership of the Central European gas companies. Another change in Central Europe is the fact that individual states and companies are moving away from their traditional focus on their national gas markets; instead, they are beginning to develop a variety of concepts for the regional integration of Central European markets. This publication attempts to grasp the main elements of the ongoing transformation of Central Europe’s gas markets, with particular emphasis on the situation in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
2014-12
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http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/point-view/2014-12-10/breaking-boundaries-transformation-central-european-gas-markets
Dąborowski, Tomasz (2014) Breaking the boundaries. The transformation of Central European gas markets. OSW Point of View Number 46, December 2014. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/58855/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:75020
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Information Guide: Slovak Republic. July 2016
Cardiff EDC, .
Slovak Republic
A guide to information sources on the Slovak Republic (Slovakia), with hyperlinks to information within European Sources Online and on external websites.
2016-07
Other
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http://aei.pitt.edu/75020/2/Slovakia.pdf
https://www.europeansources.info/showDoc?ID=1152652
Cardiff EDC, . (2016) Information Guide: Slovak Republic. July 2016. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/75020/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:76457
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The role of Central Europe in the German economy. The political consequences. OSW Report June 2016
Popławski, Konrad
Germany
Hungary
Poland
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
Recent publications allow us to conclude that the economic relations between Germany and Central Europe have come to the ‘end of history’, and nothing new will happen. However, a deeper analysis of these relationships reveals interesting new trends. Since joining the European Union the states of Central Europe have not settled for maintaining the average level of economic development, but have continued to narrow the distance between them and Western Europe, something which the global financial crisis did not prevent. Their improved economic situation also affected their relations with Germany. The latest results from the Visegrád Group states show them to be Germany’s most important trading partner, and their balance of trade in goods is in a state of equilibrium, while many euro area countries have recorded high trade deficits with Germany. The aim of this report is to display the trends in trade and investment between Germany and Central Europe, based on the example of the Visegrád Group. The author will also attempt to answer the question of whether the advancing economic cooperation between Germany and the V4 countries will lead to the further modernisation of those countries’ economies, or whether it will run the risk of leaving them in the ‘middle income trap’.
2016-06
Other
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http://www.osw.waw.pl/en/eksperci/konrad-poplawski
Popławski, Konrad (2016) The role of Central Europe in the German economy. The political consequences. OSW Report June 2016. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/76457/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:78676
2016-08-09T19:08:28Z
oai:aei.pitt.edu:78677
2017-03-31T17:40:21Z
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Information Guide: Slovenská republika. July 2016
Cardiff EDC, .
Slovak Republic
Sprievodca informačnými zdrojmi o Slovenskej republike, s hypertextovými odkazmi na informácie v European Sources Online a externé internetové stránky
2016-07
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http://aei.pitt.edu/78677/1/Slovakia%2DSlovak.pdf
https://www.europeansources.info/showDoc?ID=1152652
Cardiff EDC, . (2016) Information Guide: Slovenská republika. July 2016. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/78677/
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Economic Relations Between Visegrad Group Countries and Russia: How Much Has Changed?
Dangerfield, Martin
Hungary
Poland
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
Russia
Introduction: Economic relations between EU member states and Russia have been strengthening steadily since
2000, especially after the EU eastward enlargement. The importance of Russia as an export market
means that disruptions caused by sanctions are not only potentially costly but also contentious. Effects
upon individual EU states vary due to the extent of trade with Russia and other important indicators of
interdependence (such as energy sector integration). This paper focuses on the three ‘small’ Visegrad
states’ – the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia – which have all been at the forefront of the EU
export boom to Russia. They have also been amongst those EU countries that have expressed strong
reservations about the use of economic sanctions against Russia and the leaders of Hungary and
Slovakia have been amongst the most vocal critics of this aspect of the EU and US response to
Russia’s actions in Ukraine. In August 2015, a day after Slovak Premier Robert Fico had stated that
‘meaningless’ EU sanctions were damaging economic growth in the EU, Hungarian Prime Minister
Viktor Orban said that the West’s sanctions policy “causes more harm to us than to Russia…in
politics, this is called shooting oneself in the foot” (Szakacs, 2014). The Russian government
apparently regards Hungary as one of its main allies in the struggle to avoid renewal of EU sanctions
in March 2015. In December 2014 it was reported that Moscow had “begun lobbying what it sees as
sympathetic EU capitals – Budapest, Nicosia, and Rome – to veto next year’s renewal of Russia
sanctions” (Rettman, 2014).On February 17 this year Orban hosted Vladimir Putin in defiance of the
EU ban on bilateral summits with the Russian President. Meanwhile a few days earlier Czech
President Milos Zeman, who has tended to take Russia’s side throughout the Ukraine crisis, called for
the lifting or easing of sanctions against Russia following the ‘Minsk 2’ peace deal. Though a division
between views of President and views of government in the Czech Republic is often claimed, on
January 15 this year Czech minister of industry and trade Jan Mládek stated that “(o)ur primary goal
is to maintain exports to Russia. Diversification of exports is desirable, but we must do it with a
humble mind, knowing that it is a long and costly affair. Therefore, it is important for us to keep on
staying on the Russian market” (Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, 2015).
2015
Conference Proceedings
NonPeerReviewed
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http://aei.pitt.edu/78981/1/Dangerfield.pdf
Dangerfield, Martin (2015) Economic Relations Between Visegrad Group Countries and Russia: How Much Has Changed? [Conference Proceedings] (Submitted)
http://aei.pitt.edu/78981/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:88534
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A neighbour discovered anew. The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary’s relations with Ukraine. OSW Report August 2017
Groszkowski, Jakub
Iwański, Tadeusz
Sadecki, Andrzej
Hungary
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
Ukraine
The Ukrainian-Russian war has prompted Bratislava, Prague and Budapest to take a new look at their eastern neighbourhood. Cooperation with Ukraine is gaining momentum, although relations with Russia are still the top priority for the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Diplomatic contacts with Kyiv have been rekindled, and the Visegrad Group has intensified its political support for Ukraine within the EU. The big success in the relationship between the V4 countries and Ukraine has been their booming energy cooperation. However, the pro-Russian gestures made by some leading politicians from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary remain a challenge for relations between Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Kyiv. Co-operation between Budapest and Kyiv is further complicated by the dispute over the Hungarian minority in Ukraine.
2017-08
Other
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http://aei.pitt.edu/88534/1/raport_neighbour%2Ddiscovered_net_0.pdf
https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/osw-report/2017-08-03/a-neighbour-discovered-anew-czech-republic-slovakia-and-hungarys
Groszkowski, Jakub and Iwański, Tadeusz and Sadecki, Andrzej (2017) A neighbour discovered anew. The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary’s relations with Ukraine. OSW Report August 2017. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/88534/
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The Visegrad countries and "Post-Truth". Bertelsmann Policy Brief 06/2017
Wenerski , Lukasz
Hungary
Poland
Slovak Republic
Czech Republic
Russia
The Kremlin’s disinformation methods create an effective model of geopolitical influence. Russian propaganda distorts the perception of people, events and even entire institutions (the EU, NATO). The results are impressive: propaganda has created an alternative version of events at the Euromaidan, the war in Donbas and Syria. This disinformation destabilizes the political situation in many countries by supporting one political faction and simultaneously discrediting others. Recent cases included the presidential elections in the United States and France, as well as the parliamentary elections in the Netherlands. Similar disinformation campaigns are expected for the German parliamentary elections later this year.
2017-09
Policy Paper
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/90423/1/PB2017_RUSpropaganda_Visegrad.pdf
https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/publications/publication/did/russian-propaganda-in-the-visegrad-states/
Wenerski , Lukasz (2017) The Visegrad countries and "Post-Truth". Bertelsmann Policy Brief 06/2017. [Policy Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/90423/
oai:aei.pitt.edu:95137
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East European Entrants to EU: Diffidently Yours
Böröcz, József
enlargement
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Using voting participation data, this paper, written at the time of the "Big Bang" accession to the EU, argues that the east European entrants' determination to join the EU was coupled with vast popular uncertainty and self-doubt about that commitment. If accurate, this finding has serious implications for a possible divide between the resolutely pro-EU-membership political and business elites and the voters at large.
Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
2003
Article
NonPeerReviewed
application/pdf
http://aei.pitt.edu/95137/1/East_European_Entrants_to_EU_Diffidently_(1).pdf
Böröcz, József (2003) East European Entrants to EU: Diffidently Yours. The Polish Foreign Affairs Digest, 3 (4). pp. 47-58. ISSN 1643-0379
http://aei.pitt.edu/95137/
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Smart strategies to increase prosperity and limit brain drain in Central Europe. CEPS Special Report, 6 November 2018
Alcidi, Cinzia.
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
This is a summary of the expert conference held by CEPS and the Aspen Institute Central Europe on 6 November 2018.
Citizens of new EU member states are increasingly leaving their countries to pursue better opportunities and reap the benefits of intra-EU mobility. In the immediate aftermath of accession to the European Union, economic reasons were the main drivers of mobility. Today, governments in new member states need to develop a clear vision about the reforms necessary to improve economic and social conditions and create incentives for their citizens to return and to stay. The danger is that, in the long-run, the benefits of intra-EU mobility for these countries will not be enough to compensate for a permanent ‘brain drain’.
2018-11
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https://www.ceps.eu/publications/smart-strategies-increase-prosperity-and-limit-brain-drain-central-europe
Alcidi, Cinzia. (2018) Smart strategies to increase prosperity and limit brain drain in Central Europe. CEPS Special Report, 6 November 2018. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/95836/
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Frustration and hope:
Slovakia after Kuciak’s murder. OSW Point of View Number 75, July 2019
Debiec, Krysztof
Groszkowski, Jakub
Slovak Republic
The murders of the investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée
in February 2018 became the catalyst for the civic outrage
that has brought about significant changes on the Slovak political
scene. This has mainly affected the long-ruling party Smer-
SD and its leader Robert Fico, who resigned as prime minister
under public pressure. However, the main opposition forces
have benefited from the protests to only a small degree, as large
sections of society perceive the opposition leaders as unreliable.
New political projects have benefited from the social agitation,
primarily the Progressive Slovakia party, co-founded by Zuzana
Čaputová who won the presidential election in March on
a wave of slogans calling for the repair of the state and the restoration
of justice. The outgoing President Andrej Kiska is also
forming his own political party with a centrist agenda.
2019-07
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Debiec, Krysztof and Groszkowski, Jakub (2019) Frustration and hope: Slovakia after Kuciak’s murder. OSW Point of View Number 75, July 2019. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/100372/
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Crisis management for
euro-area banks in
central Europe. Bruegel Policy Contribution Issue #14 November 2019
Lehmann, Alexander
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Croatia
banks/financial markets
The deep involvement of a number of euro-area banking groups in central and southeastern
Europe has benefi tted the host countries and has strengthened the resilience of
those banking groups. But this integration has become less close because of post-financial
crisis national rules that require banks to hold more capital at home, or other ring-fencing
measures. Th ere is a risk integration might be undermined further by bank resolution
planning, which is now gathering pace.
Regulators and banks will need to decide between two distinct models for crisis
resolution, and this choice will redefi ne banking networks. Most effi cient in terms of
preserving capital and the close integration of subsidiary operations would be if the Single
Resolution Board – the banking union’s central resolution authority – takes the lead for the
entire banking group. However, this will require parent banks to hold the subordinated debts
of their subsidiaries. Persistent barriers to intra-group capital mobility – or the option for
home or host authorities to impose such restrictions – will ultimately render such schemes
unworkable.
The second model would involve independent local intervention schemes, which
European Union countries outside the banking union are likely to call for. Th is will require
building capacity in local debt markets, and clarifying creditor hierarchies. Exposure to
banking risks will ultimately need to be borne by host-country investors. Bail-in capital issued
by subsidiaries to their parents cannot be a substitute because it would expose the home
country to fi nancial contagion from the host.
To sustain cross-border linkages, banking groups and their supervisors will need
to make bank recovery plans more credible, and to strengthen cooperation in resolution
colleges (platforms that bring together all relevant parties in resolution planning and
execution). Within the banking union there is no justifi cation for the various ring-fencing
measures that have impeded the fl ow of capital and liquidity within banking groups
2019-11
Policy Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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http://aei.pitt.edu/102351/1/2019.14.pdf
Lehmann, Alexander (2019) Crisis management for euro-area banks in central Europe. Bruegel Policy Contribution Issue #14 November 2019. [Policy Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/102351/
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FEASIBILITY STUDYSTUDY: INTRODUCING “ONE-IN-ONE-OUT” IN THE
EUROPEAN COMMISSION Final Report for the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Presented by the Centre for European Policy Studies, 5 December 2019
Renda, Andrea.
Austria
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
U.K.
budgets & financing
general
The need to consolidate and streamline the stock of legislation and reduce the
unnecessary costs associated with legal rules has been increasingly felt by regulated
stakeholders and governments in many developed and emerging economies. In
many OECD countries, including many EU Member States and Canada, Korea, Mexico,
the United States, this has led governments of various political orientations to introduce
forms of regulatory budgeting, in which administrations are asked to identify, whenever
new provisions introduce regulatory costs, existing provisions that could be repealed or
revised, thereby offsetting the cost increase. In some countries these rules have implied a
one-to-one offset, whereas in other countries the provisions imposed also a reduction, as in
the case of UK’s one-in-two-out and one-in-three-out rules, and the US one-in-two-out rule.
This is why we generically refer to these rules as “One-In-X-Out”, or OIXO. Moreover, many
countries have also experimented with a complementary strategy, which implies the setting
of ad hoc burden reduction targets, either for all legislation or for specific sectors. In fact,
OIXO-rules are just a specific from of burden reduction targets – with the level of the target
“Out” being linked to the flow of new regulations “In”.
2019-12
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Renda, Andrea. (2019) FEASIBILITY STUDYSTUDY: INTRODUCING “ONE-IN-ONE-OUT” IN THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION Final Report for the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Presented by the Centre for European Policy Studies, 5 December 2019. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/102373/
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With a Little Help from My Friends: Ministerial Alignment and Public Spending Composition in Parliamentary Democracies. LEQS Paper No. 133/2018
April 2018
Bojar, Abel
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
U.K.
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Malta
Iceland
Israel
budgets & financing
The determinants of public spending composition have been studied from three broad
perspectives in the scholarly literature: functional economic pressures, institutional constraints
and party-political determinants. This paper engages with the third perspective by placing
intra-governmental dynamics in the center of the analysis. Building on the portfolio allocation
approach in the coalition formation literature and the common pool perspective in public
budgeting, I argue that spending ministers with party-political backing from the Finance
Minister or the Prime Minister are in a privileged positon to obtain extra funding for their
policy jurisdictions compared to their colleagues without such support or without any partisan
affiliation (non-partisan ministers). I test these propositions via a system of equations on six
spending categories using seemingly unrelated regressions on a panel of 32 parliamentary
democracies over two decades and offer largely supportive empirical evidence. With the
exception of education, I provide evidence that budget shares accruing to key spending
departments reflect this party-political logic of spending outcomes. In addition to the
econometric results, I also illustrate the impact of ministerial alignment by short qualitative
accounts from selected country cases.
2018
Discussion Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Bojar, Abel (2018) With a Little Help from My Friends: Ministerial Alignment and Public Spending Composition in Parliamentary Democracies. LEQS Paper No. 133/2018 April 2018. [Discussion Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/102400/
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Maintaining EU-27 citizens’ rights in the UK:
a Central and Eastern European Perspective. Bertelsmann Policy Brief | 12.2017
Fuksiewicz , Aleksander
Piłat, Anna
Voarino, Lugh
human rights
EU-Central and Eastern Europe
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Slovak Republic
The United Kingdom’s (UK) decision to
leave the European Union (EU) has
unexpectedly created a situation of
uncertainty and insecurity for almost
3.5 million EU27 nationals currently
residing in the UK. This is especially the
case for Central and Eastern Europeans
who took advantage of the EU’s freedom of
movement to immigrate to the UK in large
numbers after their countries joined the
community in 2004 and 2007. The numbers
are significant: over 900,000 Poles,
310,000 Romanians, 185,000 Lithuanians,
and 93,000 Slovaks are threatened with the
loss of rights to freely live and work in the
UK.1 Despite political pressure, the British government had repeatedly refused to
guarantee migrants’ rights and made it a
subject of political negotiations with
Brussels. Uncertainty continued, with
citizens’ rights being used as leverage in
the negotiations between the UK and the
European Commission. On December 8,
December 2017, an agreement was finally
reached between the negotiators of the
European Union and the United Kingdom
Government, just before the December
2017 European Council Summit.
2017
Policy Paper
NonPeerReviewed
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Fuksiewicz , Aleksander and Piłat, Anna and Voarino, Lugh (2017) Maintaining EU-27 citizens’ rights in the UK: a Central and Eastern European Perspective. Bertelsmann Policy Brief | 12.2017. [Policy Paper]
http://aei.pitt.edu/102436/
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Social Justice in the EU – Index Report 2017 Social Inclusion Monitor Europe. Bertelsmann Stiftung Social Inclusion Monitor Europe 2017
Daniel Schraad-Tischler, Daniel Schraad-Tischler
Christof Schiller, Christof Schiller
Sascha Matthias Heller, Sascha Matthias Heller
Nina Siemer, Nina Siemer
Austria
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
U.K.
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Malta
Croatia
general
1. Europe is recovering not only economically,
but also in the domain of social justice
After years of downward movement, an upward trend in the domain of social
justice is evident in the broad majority of EU member states. Although far from
all member states have regained their pre-crisis levels, the most recent EU Social
Justice Index data give cause for hope that the worst is over not just in economic
terms, but also from a social perspective. At the top of this year’s Social Justice
Index are the northern European states of Denmark, Sweden and Finland. Rounding
out the top group are the Czech Republic, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Austria
and Germany, while Greece, despite again posting slight gains this year, remains
clearly in last place.
2017
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Daniel Schraad-Tischler, Daniel Schraad-Tischler and Christof Schiller, Christof Schiller and Sascha Matthias Heller, Sascha Matthias Heller and Nina Siemer, Nina Siemer (2017) Social Justice in the EU – Index Report 2017 Social Inclusion Monitor Europe. Bertelsmann Stiftung Social Inclusion Monitor Europe 2017. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/102509/
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Social Justice in the EU and OECD. Bertelsmann Stiftung Index Report 2019
Thorsten Hellmann, Thorsten Hellmann
Pia Schmidt, Pia Schmidt
Heller, Sascha Matthias
EU-US
EU-Middle East
East and Southeast Asia
EU-Latin America
OECD
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
U.K.
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Malta
Turkey
Croatia
Canada
Japan
Nordic area
With the onset of the economic and financial crisis, social justice has deteriorated
– on average – in the OECD and EU countries surveyed by the SJI.1 While the Social
Justice Index shows a slight but ongoing upward trend since economic recovery
began in 2014, the overall score remains below the pre-crisis level. In addition,
there are still striking discrepancies with regard to available opportunities to participate
in society in the 41 countries surveyed.
2019
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Thorsten Hellmann, Thorsten Hellmann and Pia Schmidt, Pia Schmidt and Heller, Sascha Matthias (2019) Social Justice in the EU and OECD. Bertelsmann Stiftung Index Report 2019. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/102510/
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Social Justice in the EU – Index Report 2016 Social Inclusion Monitor Europe
Schraad-Tischler, Daniel
Schiller, Christof
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
U.K.
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Malta
Croatia
general
1. Social justice in the EU – participation opportunities have improved in the majority of EU member states, but are still a long way behind precrisis levels
Social justice has improved slightly in the majority of EU member states compared
with last year’s Social Justice Index (SJI 2015). It appears that, after years of decline,
the majority of countries reached their lowest point between 2012 and 2014.
Whether the improvement is a genuine, stable turnaround or just a slight temporary
easing will only become apparent in future reports. At least the downward
trend observed since 2008 in terms of equal participation opportunities has halted
in the majority of member states. However, even seven years after the global economic
crisis first hit, participation opportunities in the vast majority of EU states
– with a few exceptions – are still noticeably worse than before the crisis. Only
five of the 28 EU countries – the Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, the UK,
and Poland – are showing moderate improvements in terms of participation opportunities,
compared with the situation before the economic and financial crisis.
2016-11
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Schraad-Tischler, Daniel and Schiller, Christof (2016) Social Justice in the EU – Index Report 2016 Social Inclusion Monitor Europe. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/102566/
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Social Justice in the EU – Index Report 2015
Social Inclusion Monitor Europe
Schraad-Tischler, Daniel
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
U.K.
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Malta
Croatia
general
1. Social (in)justice in the EU – The low point seems to have been reached,
but no comprehensive turnaround is evident
In the majority of EU countries, the extent of social justice relative to last year’s edition of the
Social Justice Index (SJI 2014) has at least avoided further deterioration. It appears that for the
majority of countries, after several years of decline, the lowest point was reached between 2012 and 2014. This is in large part due to slight labor market improvements visible in the majority of
countries after 2013. Nevertheless, a genuine and comprehensive turnaround in terms of social
justice is not underway. To be sure, a certain stabilization with regard to economic affairs is evident
in many countries, at least on the basis of some indicators. This is true even of crisis-battered
European countries like Spain, Portugal and Ireland. However, only future SJI editions will show
whether social justice in Europe can sustainably stabilize and improve again. Social conditions
and participation opportunities for people in most EU countries remain considerably worse than
in the pre-crisis period. In no less than 11 countries, among them Spain and Portugal, things have
deteriorated once again compared to last year’s survey.
2016
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Schraad-Tischler, Daniel (2016) Social Justice in the EU – Index Report 2015 Social Inclusion Monitor Europe. UNSPECIFIED.
http://aei.pitt.edu/102568/
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Social Justice in the OECD – How Do the Member States
Compare? Bertelsmann Stiftung Sustainable Governance Indicators 2011
Schraad-Tischler, Daniel
EU-US
OECD
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Slovak Republic
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
U.K.
Czech Republic
Turkey
Canada
Iceland
Japan
general
A cross-national comparison of social justice in the OECD shows considerable variation in the
extent to which this principle is developed in these market-based democracies. According to the
methodology applied in this study, Iceland and Norway are the most socially just countries.1 Turkey,
which ranks among the bottom five in each of the six targeted dimensions, is the OECD’s least
socially just country. The findings of the cross-national study can be summarized as follows:
The north European states comprise a league of their own. Leading by far on the Justice Index,
Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland achieve particularly good results in the dimensions
of “access to education,” “social cohesion” and “intergenerational justice.” Yet even in
Scandinavia, there are some areas in want of action. Despite its overall strong showing, Sweden,
for example, struggles with a rate of youth unemployment three times as high as the general
unemployment rate.
Most central and northwestern European states rank in the upper midrange, although the Netherlands
(6), Switzerland (7) and France (10) rank higher than Germany (14).
The east-central European OECD members Hungary (17), Poland (20) and Slovakia (24) rank in
the lower midrange together with their southern European neighbors. The high-ranking outlier
here is the Czech Republic (11) due to its very low poverty levels in cross-national comparison.
All southern European countries lie considerably below the OECD average, with Turkey and
Greece in the bottom group of the ranking. In both these countries, fair access to education and
intergenerational justice (i.e., equity in burden-sharing across generations) are particularly underdeveloped.
Canada (9) is the top performer among the non-European OECD states. Its high ranking can be
attributed to strong results in the areas of education, labor market justice and social cohesion.
Australia (21), despite its relatively inclusive labor market, is struggling with larger problems
in poverty prevention and educational justice, and is therefore lagging behind in terms of creating
a sound framework for social justice.
Japan (22) and South Korea (25), where income poverty is relatively spread, fail to rank above
the bottom third of the Justice Index. Japan also receives particularly low marks for intergenerational
justice.
2011
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Schraad-Tischler, Daniel (2011) Social Justice in the OECD – How Do the Member States Compare? Bertelsmann Stiftung Sustainable Governance Indicators 2011. UNSPECIFIED.
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