Small Member State Coping with Big Challenge : Brexit and Czech Politics

KANIOK, Petr. Small Member State Coping with Big Challenge : Brexit and Czech Politics. In UACES 48th Annual Conference, University of Bath 2-5 September. 2018.

Basic information

• Original name: Small Member State Coping with Big Challenge : Brexit and Czech Politics
• Authors: KANIOK, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: UACES 48th Annual Conference, University of Bath 2-5 September, 2018.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 50601 Political science
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: konference
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/18:00103572
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Keywords in English: Brexit; Czech Republic; Small States Model; EU; Euroscepticism
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

Czech Republic can be perceived as a small EU Member states. As particularly Thorhallsson in his small states in the EU behavior model claims, small state should in their ordinary EU policy adopt specific approach consisting of for example prioritization in specific policy areas, flexible administration or focus on more intensive relations with the European Commission. The question is – how these assumptions hold if cross sectoral and continuous issue as Brexit (where expertise and experience of actors involved is minimal) is at stake? Do the EU small states follow pattern expected by their small states´ characteristics or can different behavior be identified? To answer this question, the paper analyses Brexit from the perspective of small EU Member states – here represented by the Czech Republic. It focuses on the process of national preferences formation (including actors and their involvement), the preferences themselves (content of national demands) and at the country´s involvement in the EU negotiations (including relations with the European Commission).