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The manifestations of Euroscepticism in the European Parliament: the example of Czech MEPs
Chytráček, Marek ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Kný, Daniel (referee)
This thesis deals with the cooperation among the Czech Eurosceptic MEPs in the European Parliament. First, I try to define the concept of Euroscepticism and its development in the Czech environment. The next chapter is dedicated to the Czech Eurosceptic parties and to the development of their attitudes towards the European Union. For this purpose I analyzed thein election programmes. The empirical chapter is focused on the cooperation and working strategies of the Czech Eurosceptic MEPs. In the conclusion I made comments on the work of the selected Czech MEPs in the European Parliament. This enabled me to find out whether the Czech Eurosceptic MEPs act in accordance with the values professed by their respective political parties.
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The European Dimension of Foreign Policy of Great Britain under the rule of Margaret Thatcher
Pešková, Lucie ; Veselý, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the British approach to European integration under the rule of Margaret Thatcher. The first chapter defines the term euroscepticism, its typology and British euroscepticism. The second chapter focuses on the role of Great Britain in the European integration process. The third chapter is about political life of Margaret Thatcher. Her leadership style is also characterized in this chapter. The last chapter focuses on relations between Margaret Thatcher and the European Communities. All the significant affairs, which led to the change of her relations with the European Communities, are described in this chapter. A part of the last chapter is also dedicated to her famous speech, the Bruges Speech. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the turnabout causes of her attitude to the European integration. Further the thesis illustrates how she contributed to the Eurosceptic position of Great Britain, and how relations between individual member states and the United Kingdom have developed.
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Euroscepticism in Italy and its influence on the relation with the EU
Srba, Lukáš Martin ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (advisor) ; Peterková, Jana (referee)
This bachelor thesis aims to explain how euroscepticism in Italy affected the relation between the country and the European Union. It is focused on the development and analysis of euroscepticism in general. Later the findings are applied to the case of Italy, through which I analyse the factors that contributed to the rise of euroscepticism and the popularity of this stance. The focus is on the events from 2009 to 2014, namely the crucial events in Italy (Tangentopoli, introduction of Euro, political elections, and so forth). The situations in Greece, Germany and Spain are analysed and compared (with Italy and each other) next. The consequences of the debt crisis on the countries, such as the creation of the first Eurosceptic party in Germany or the deferring consequences of the crisis in Greece and Spain are also described. Thanks to the comparison, the situation in Italy and its consequences for the EU (and vice-versa) are put into a broader perspective and better understood. The last chapter describes the way the changes in attitude towards the EU influenced the relations between Italy and the Union (from an originally positive relation to a currently passive-negative one). The contemporary situation and its possible consequences (for example the changes in function and form of the EU and Eurozone, or the possible reforms in Italy) are accentuated throughout the thesis.
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Europeanization as a source of euroscepticism? Case study of Croatia
Chrtková, Kristýna ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Kný, Daniel (referee)
This thesis deals with the changes of elite and public euroscepticism in Croatia with the beginning of the last wave of democratization, from the year 2000 until nowadays. Croatia is an example of a country with a declining number of public EU supporters, when the date of the EU accession approached. In contrast to the public opinion, the attitudes of dominant part of the political elite was typically a strong EU support. This bachelor thesis aims at proving the hypothesis that the source of the Croatian euroscepticism is europeanization. Therefore the integration process of Croatia is researched focusing on changes made by the EU as well as particular problematic cases that have decelerated the accession process and negatively affected the perception of the EU. Furthermore, the thesis contains a survey of attitudes to the EU presenting opinions of selected Croatian political parties and Croatian public. Special attention is devoted to capturing the overall picture of Croatian's society attitude towards the EU.
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Great Britain and its stance on european integration
Hladká, Darina ; Pavlík, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Hinčica, Vít (referee)
Great Britain, one of the most eurosceptic countries, resisted for decades to entry into the European integration project, even though it was Winston Churchill, who called for the creation of a united Europe. This paper aims to describe the historical position of the United Kingdom in integration efforts, shows the approach of individual countries' governments and their contribution to the british integration into the European Communities. The analytical part is devoted to the impact of Great Britain's membership in the European Union and shows the advantages and disadvantages of approach to the unified european currency. Result of the analysis suggests that deeper integration into EU structures is not a favourable option for Great Britain, particularly disadvantageous would be adopting the euro. The debt crisis in the euro area and its development will have a major impact on the future direction of British integration policy.
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Great Britain – Renegade or Saviour of the European Union?
Fialová, Barbora ; Cihelková, Eva (advisor) ; Karpová, Eva (referee)
This work analyses development of economic and politic relationships of Great Britain with the European Communities (EC) and the European Union (EU) since the beginning of European integration till the contemporary debt crisis of the Eurozone. It deals with British European policies before and after Britain's accession to the EC and puts emphasis on British influence over negotiations about the main policies and institutional changes of the EC and EU, as well as on British internal views on European integration, first of all on often misunderstood British euroscepticism. From the analysis of historical and contemporary data author infers not only possible scenarios of the future relationship between the Great Britain and Europe, but also the influence of this member state on the development of the EU.
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Thesis discussing Euroscepticism within Czech and Slovak political parties within the current economic climate
Pulkrábková, Aneta ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Vymětal, Petr (referee)
The aim of this Bachelor Thesis is to describe and compare the current manifestations of Euroscepticism within the political elites and the citizens of the Czech and Slovak Republic, with specific regard to important milestones of European integration. The text is divided into three chapters. The first chapter focuses on conceptual approaches, which analyze the attitudes of political parties towards the EU and European integration. The second chapter discusses the classification of the various political parties, grouping them according to Petr Kanioks scale system of either euroscepticism, eurogovernmentalism or europeanists. The final chapter concentrates on the reasons which led political parties to uphold a negative stance towards integration, due to either ideological, or tactical-strategic grounds. The objective of the Thesis is to find out how similarly the Czech and Slovak Republics see European integration, and whether euroscepticism explains an ideological, or tactical-strategic stance.
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Great Britain's Attitude towards the political integration in Europe
Kuchařová, Alžběta ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
Britain's attitude towards the European integration has been an uneasy one since its' inception and it thus represents one of the spheres of British politics that has attracted the most attention and that has been one of the most divisive issues of the domestic politics. The British attitude has however responded to the dynamical development of the political integration in Europe. The aim of the thesis is to assess Britain's attitude towards the political integration in Europe and to prove that, despite its dynamical development, the elements of Euroscepticism prevail over the elements of Europeanization. With respect to the aim, the thesis is divided into three chapters. The first one explains the political integration and charts its development and defines the modern concept of Euroscepticism and Europeanization. The second chapter deals with Britain's attitude towards the European integration, its historical background and its development immediately after the Second World War. Substantial part of the chapter is devoted to the analysis of the British attitude towards the milestones of the political integration. The final chapter looks at the stance of the governments of Tony Blair and the current Conservative-led coalition on the political integration and compares them so as to study its development.
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Prospects of Iceland's membership of the European Union in the context of economic crisis
Čepek, Michal ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Tunkrová, Věra (referee)
The thesis deals with the prospects of Iceland's potential membership of the European Union after a deep systemic financial crisis that hit the country in the second half of 2008. Next summer, Icelandic government applied for a first time in history for a membership of the EU. However, Iceland was for a long time known as a country denying any political integration with other European countries, defending its neutrality and restricting its foreign policy to business ties. The thesis has two main goals. The first one is to try to answer the question whether Iceland will actually join the Union or not. The final decision will be in hands of Icelandic citizens because they have to ratify the accession treaty in a national referendum. The second goal is to evaluate advantages and disadvantages of adopting the euro currency for Iceland as this was one of the main arguments of pro-European Icelanders.
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British Euroscepticism: case "euro"
Petříková, Daniela ; Reschová, Jana (advisor) ; Vymětal, Petr (referee)
The aim of this work is to provide an analysis of British Euroscepticism and access of the United Kingdom to a common European currency. The first chapter deals with the work of defining the term Euroscepticism and describes the typology, then analyzes the British Euroscepticism. It represents different attitudes of British premiers to adopt a common currency and the current approaches and views to a single currency of the major political parties in Great Britain. Next chapter of the work presents the attitude of British financial sector to the euro and describes the costs and benefits connected with the introduction of the common European currency. The last part of the work analyzes public opinion of the British on potentional adoption of euro currency.
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