KANIOK, Petr, Vratislav HAVLÍK and Veronika ZAPLETALOVÁ. Visegrad Four and EU Differentiated Integration : Activities, Perception and Self-Perception after the Refugee Crisis. In Leruth, Benjamin - Gänzle, Stefan - Trondal, Jarle. The Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2022, p. 519-536. Routledge International Handbooks. ISBN 978-0-367-14965-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429054136-35.
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Original name Visegrad Four and EU Differentiated Integration : Activities, Perception and Self-Perception after the Refugee Crisis
Authors KANIOK, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Vratislav HAVLÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Veronika ZAPLETALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition 1st ed. London, The Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union, p. 519-536, 18 pp. Routledge International Handbooks, 2022.
Publisher Routledge
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
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
Publication form printed version "print"
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/22:00129062
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
ISBN 978-0-367-14965-9
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429054136-35
Keywords in English EU; Differentiation; Visegrad; Brexit; Migration
Tags rivok, topvydavatel
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
There has been a growing discussion on the unity and internal integrity of the EU in recent years. The Visegrad Four group (V4) has played a somewhat ambiguous role in this debate. Looking at the literature and current political events, there seem to be two competing views. Whereas the first view is rather skepticalsceptical about the V4’s ability to have a coherent impact on European integration, the second perceives the V4 as one of the main sources of the current EU’´s problems. This chapter contributes to this discussion by adding a systematic analysis of the V4’s ability to promote a different Europe. It looks not only at the activities of the V4 (and its members), but it also considers the perception of the V4 by its EU partners. Using findings from three case studies – the migration crisis, Brexit and the debate on the future of the EU – it concludes that as activities at the group level are concerned, the V4 as a compact group is a myth. Moving to the perception dimension, the V4 seems to be a more influential “brand” in this regard than it is an active player. But more often than as a compact, four-member group, it appears to be recognized as 2+2 grouping where the first “2” stands for the Czech Republic and Slovakia and the second for Poland and Hungary.
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GA18-05612S, research and development projectName: Sjednoceni v rozdílech; Příspěvek zemí Visegrádu k tématu vícerychlostní integrace Evropské unie
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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