An Unorthodox Euro-federalist : Miloš Zeman’s Changing
Discourse on European Integration

J 2023

An Unorthodox Euro-federalist : Miloš Zeman’s Changing Discourse on European Integration

KUTNAROVÁ, Pavlína a Vít HLOUŠEK

Základní údaje

Originální název

An Unorthodox Euro-federalist : Miloš Zeman’s Changing Discourse on European Integration

Autoři

KUTNAROVÁ, Pavlína a Vít HLOUŠEK

Vydání

Acta Politologica, Praha, Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, 2023, 1804-1302

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/23:00134268

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

https://doi.org/10.14712/1803-8220/12_2023

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85177191929

Klíčová slova anglicky

Miloš Zeman; Direct Elections; European Integration; Euro-federalism; Euroscepticism

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 4. 12. 2023 13:40, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

This paper deals with the changing discourses of former Czech president Miloš Zeman on European integration and the European Union. Together with his predecessors Václav Havel and Václav Klaus, Zeman symbolises the period of democratic transition and consolidation after the Velvet Revolution and, as prime minister from 1998–2002 and president from 2013–2023, he co-formulated Czech European politics. Although labelling himself a Eurofederalist, Zeman never spared any effort to criticise the EU. The paper assumes that the change in his Eurosceptic discourse was due to the institution of direct presidential elections. Zeman followed the Czech political mainstream, which is softly Eurosceptic. Moreover, Zeman’s Eurosceptic critique of the EU corresponded with the positions shared by his electorate. Euroscepticism, therefore, helped Zeman’s re-election in 2018. The authors analyse key texts from various periods of Zeman’s political career to describe and interpret his discourses on the EU in particular and European integration in general, to demonstrate that beyond the façade of his Euro-federalism, one can find a specific version of the mainstream Czech Eurosceptic discourse.

Návaznosti

GA22-15856S, projekt VaV

Název: Stranický euroskepticismus v době krize

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Stranický euroskepticismus v době krize

Přiložené soubory

Kutnarova_Hlousek_An_Unorthodox_Eurofederalist.pdf

Citovat

KUTNAROVÁ, Pavlína a Vít HLOUŠEK. An Unorthodox Euro-federalist : Miloš Zeman’s Changing Discourse on European Integration. Acta Politologica. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, 2023, roč. 15, č. 3, s. 93-111. ISSN 1804-1302. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.14712/1803-8220/12_2023.

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KUTNAROVÁ, Pavlína a Vít HLOUŠEK. An Unorthodox Euro-federalist : Miloš Zeman’s Changing Discourse on European Integration. \textit{Acta Politologica}. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, 2023, roč.~15, č.~3, s.~93-111. ISSN~1804-1302. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.14712/1803-8220/12\_{}2023.

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