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Who is fighting against the EU energy policy in the European Parliament?

KOMÍNKOVÁ, Magda and Veronika ZAPLETALOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Who is fighting against the EU energy policy in the European Parliament?

Authors

KOMÍNKOVÁ, Magda and Veronika ZAPLETALOVÁ

Edition

UACES 48th Annual Conference, 2018

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Vyžádané přednášky

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords (in Czech)

Evropský parlament, euroskepticismus, RCV, energetická politika

Keywords in English

European Parliament, Euroscepticism, RVC, energy policy

Abstract

V originále

The paper is based on the assumption that proposals in the field of energy policy as a "sensitive policy area" should be rejected by Eurosceptics for ideological reasons. It is mainly (but not exclusively) Eurosceptic MEPs who claim that energy policy is a matter of national interest for the Member States. Explicit aim of this paper is to identify the groups who reject proposals in the field of energy policy. Findings are based on the analysis of roll call votes (RCV) in the European Parliament. Moreover, using voting data, we want to identify possible substantial differences between hard and soft Eurosceptical groups in the European Parliament. Based on the widely accepted definitions of hard and soft Euroscepticism, we analyse the behaviour of Eurosceptical groups in the European Parliament in order to assess how they differ in voting on energy policy.