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Belarus and European Union. The connection to the all-European integration processes
Beliavski, Maxim ; Litera, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (referee)
The subject matter of this thesis concerns the relationship between the republic of Belarus and the EU, from the birth of the republic of Belarus to the accession of the 10 new member states in to the EU. The main focus of the thesis is on the economical principles and co-operation between Belarus and the EU. The thesis also looks into the progression of reforms and their affect on the relationship between the 2 parties from the beginning up to the present day and also tries to predict what the future holds in store. Despite the present political situation and problems with direct investment in Belarus, The economy and business environment has shown steady growth and because of its key geopolitical position within the EU. It's hard to see it being left out of European economic and security measures in the future. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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French Presidency of the Council of the European Union (July - December 2008)
Javorská, Jana ; Perottino, Michel (advisor) ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (referee)
Diploma thesis deals the analysis of the French presidency of the Council of the European Union which was held from 1st July until 31th December 2008. France exerised its presidency within 18-month Presidency trio together with the Czech republic and Sweden. Five main priotities were appointed by France. The main fields of interest were: climate and energy, defence, common agricultural policy, immigration and foundation of the Union for Mediterranean. The course of the Presidency was influenced by unxpected events and it was necessary for France to deal with them. The country in the head of the European Union is obliged to fulfill defined functions: the manager of work of the Council the European Union, its representative and negotiator, author of political priorities and defender of its national interests. French presidency offered an occasion to France how to become European or world leader. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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European Union as an "Area of Justice" (Civil Matters)
Břicháček, Tomáš ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (advisor) ; Weiss, Tomáš (referee)
RÉSUMÉ (ABSTRACT) 1. Judicial cooperation in civil matters is an important area of the European integration that reflects the necessity to provide cross-border private law relations within the EU with legal certainty and judicial protection. This cooperation solves in an efficient way problems that would otherwise result from the differences between the private law systems of the individual Member States and from the independence and territorial limitation of their judicial systems. Its solution consists in the unification and harmonization in the field of the international private law. This method enables to these difficulties to be solved without the necessity o f a deeper interference with the private law systems of the Member States. Currently the area covers an essential part of the subject of the international private law, namely all its key areas - international jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement offoreign judicial decisions, determination of applicable law and legal aid among the courts throughout the Union. A bigger uncovered space is left in the field of applicable law, but there already exist new projects. Altogether, this area seems to be an organic functional complex, which bridges the territorial limits of the nationaljudicial systems. 2. This area is a very dynamic one. The European...
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Reforms in Turkey under the EU membership vision 1995 - 2005
Špačková, Petra ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (advisor) ; Váška, Jan (referee)
The thesis "The Reforms in Turkey under the EU membership vision, 1995 - 2005" charts the sphere of political, social and economical reforms in Turkey. The reforms were divided into the three waves, which were started by, in EU - Turkey relations framework, breaking events (1995 - Custom union Agreement, 1999 - Turkey has obtained the candidate state statut, 2003 - pro-european R. T. Erdogan began the turkish Prime minister). This thesis also touches the EU member states positions to possible Turkey EU membership, which are often ambivalent. Neither the impact of turkish membership in Union (on EU functioning, on Turkey internal progress etc.) is omitted. The work summarized these important conclusions: 1) In the interest of Turkey's accession to the European Union really extensive reforms were realized and they are still realizing in this country. Compared to other accessive countries these reforms cover much larger sphere of life and they are much more extensive. 2) The focal point of reforms in Turkey is still in the legislative level (resp. theoretical level) - not in the practical life, where the reforms are realized very slowly. 3) The reasons of deficienty reforms realization lie mostly in the historical, also in cultural and especially in religious background of Turkey. 4) The reason behind opening...
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European audiovisual politics: public service broadcasting and the competition rules of European
Friedrichová, Magdaléna ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (advisor) ; Kasáková, Zuzana (referee)
For the broad problematic of European public broadcasting service (PBS), we chose a rather narrow view point of its financing. The competition law in EU, which is called by many an economic constitution for its force and prime role in the process of European integration, has much larger impacts than solely economic ones. The respect of competition rules in PBS financing can also indicate a good level of political end economical media independence. This thesis consists of three main parts. The first part treats PBS as a fraction of a far larger field of general economic interest services. Those services, essential in European social model, are represented on EU level legislation mainly as exceptions of strict competition rules. Regarding this topic, we follow the development in practice of the European court of justice. We follow the struggle between two conceptions - the "compensatory" and the "state aid" conception which ended in compromise Altmark judgment of the European court of justice in 2003. The problems of services of general economic interest and its place in European national societies represent a strong social dimension, to which PBS add also the cultural and national one. Beside general articles of treaties, the key documents for PBS in EU are the Amsterdam protocol and the 2001 PBS...
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EU and Terorism - Evolution of Common Policy 1999-2005
Hulicius, Eduard ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (advisor) ; Weiss, Tomáš (referee)
This thesis is dedicated to answer a question: How does the legislative and institutional answer of the EU on a challenge of new "superterrorism" look and are they different from traditional answers on "national terrorism"? The major problem of European anti-terrorism policy is the fact, that it is a relatively new issue. Efforts to organise on basis of existing integration a common coordinating policy in the 1970's and 1980's were only minor and unimportant. The impulse created in Maastricht Treaty on European union by establishing a pillar structure of the EU was important due to development of the third Pillar dedicated to Justice and Home affairs (JHA). Intergovernmental nature of this pillar has reduced possibilities of the central institutions to influence creation of the new policies. However, a new agency - EUROPOL. European police agency was to be established thanks to the Treaty. Combat with terrorism was only one of many targets of the newly created JHA policies throughout 1990's. Action Plan on JHA from Tampere (1999) focused primarily on migration issues. The EU is focusing on a multi- forged strategy to deal with terrorism. In comparison to example of the USA is the main focus of the E U laid on internal policies. The EU position can be described as responsive - although the latest development...
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Czech non-governmental organisations and EU climate change policy
Stuchlíková, Zuzana ; Najšlová, Lucia (advisor) ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (referee)
The thesis aims to analyse the relations of non-governmental organisations towards the European integration process, which creates an additional platform for their interest representation. This case study focuses on how Czech non-profit organisations, which are dealing in long term with the topic of climate change, try to use the instruments and channels available at the EU level to promote their idea of the 2030 Climate and Energy Framework targets and how the EU climate action policy translates to their understanding of the topic. The thesis is based on the Europeanization theory that assumes that non-state actors are adjusting their behaviour to the existence of another platform of decision making and interest representation. I, therefore, assume, that the selected sample of Czech ecological NGOs tries to actively use the opportunity to participate in the EU decision making - especially because a climate policy is decided mostly at the EU level and therefore the outcomes, such as the 2030 Framework, present another tool to achieve change in the climate policy of the Czech Republic. I conclude that from the perspective of selected NGOs the European climate policy is perceived as an important driver behind the development in this field in both Czech Republic and global negotiations - even though...
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Irish political parties euroscepticism analysis
Chrudimská, Barbora ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (advisor) ; Kasáková, Zuzana (referee)
Ireland is generally seen as one of the biggest supporters of the European Union. Irish public opinion researches have been showing long-term and extremely positive attitudes to the European integration. The pro-European consensus is also known among the local political parties. Moreover, at the end of the 20th century, a strong economic growth had started and the Ireland quickly became a model example of how positive impact the European integration may have on its Member states. European issues therefore did not attract too much attention in the local political discourse. This changed in the early 21st century, when the increasing public euroscepticism began observable. The thesis examines whether selected Irish political parties adapted their rhetoric and actions to ever more critical mood of voters. These are Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party. The thesis covers three critical moments of the Irish European integration, namely the Nice Treaty, the Lisbon Treaty and the Irish debt crisis. It searches for negative comments about the EU and European integration of examined political parties in the campaigns before the referendum on European issues, as well as in their election statements to the Irish parliamentary elections, also taking place in the selected period. The aim of the thesis is...
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Influence of the European Commission on the Adoption of the Public Service Law in the Czech Republic
Havelka, Vít ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (advisor) ; Weiss, Tomáš (referee)
The master's thesis focuses on the role of the European Commission in the adoption of the Public Service Law (zákon č. 234/2014 Sb., o státní službě) in the Czech Republic. Its goal is to identify particular European Commission's tools of influence and their utilisation in the analysed case. The case study puts stress not only on hard methods (such as ex ante conditionality), but also on soft forms of influence (e.g. socialisation or persuasion). The Commission's tools were sorted according to Frank Schimmelfennig and Ulrich Sedelmeier's typology: 1) External-Incentive-Model; 2) Social-Learning- Model and 3) Lesson-Drawing-Model. The thesis combines two methodological approaches - process tracing and discursive analysis of relevant Czech actors. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and publically accessible documents.
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