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Czech and Slovak Politicial Parties and their Vision of European Integration

KOPEČEK, Lubomír and Jakub ŠEDO

Basic information

Original name

Czech and Slovak Politicial Parties and their Vision of European Integration

Authors

KOPEČEK, Lubomír (203 Czech Republic) and Jakub ŠEDO (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Středoevropské politické studie, Brno, Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2003, 1212-7817

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/03:00008553

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

Elections; Slovakia; Czech Republic; referendum; parties; European

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 13/12/2006 14:44, prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

The paper concentrates on attitudes to the enlargement and the future of EU held by relevant political parties in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia in 2002. With respect to the Czech Republic, three basic approaches to the issue of EU enlargement are identified, thus classifying the Czech political parties as consistently pro-European, pro-European with reservations and anti-European. It will be argued that in Slovakia the relevant political parties acted as consistently pro-European with the exception of the anti-European Slovak National Party (SNS) and the Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS). The dividing line was however rather between the parties whose representatives could be viewed by international partners as an obstacle to Slovakia admission to EU and the parties that were acceptable for foreign countries, which played an important role in rallying voters to opt for acceptable political subjects.

Links

GP407/03/D077, research and development project
Name: Česká a slovenská demokracie po roce 1989
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Czech and Slovak Democracy after the year 1989