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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.
Turkey and the EU: cultural and historical aspects
Sellner, Filip ; Havlová, Radka (advisor) ; Knotková, Vladimíra (referee)
In the main part of the thesis is described the relationship between Turkey and the EU. Also the evolution of the relationship with the beginning in the 1960s is analyzed with consequences of the potential enlargement for both, the Turkey and the EU. Nevertheless, the basic time period is the last decade with an outlook for the first years of the potential Turkish membership in the EU. Not only culture but also attitude of European citizens and Turcs to the membership or Turkish economy and its geographic location play an important role in the process of enlargement. Potential pros and contras are followed by the analysis of the dispute over Cyprus with Greece and the question of Kurdish people in Turkey.
The current status of fulfillment of the Copenhagen criteria by TurkeyT
Pavelková, Mária ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Karpová, Eva (referee)
The paper gives a picture of Turkey`s readiness for the membership in the EU. The Copenhagen criteria serve as a base for illustration of the status quo of Turkey`s preparation process. As Turkey`s negotiation process has already last for several decades, the first part of the thesis briefly describes the development of relations between EU and Turkey. The second part concentrates on the Copenhagen criteria and explains its origins as well as its content. Finally, the last part of thesis examinates to what extent Turkey fulfills the given areas of political and economic Copenhagen criteria. The focus was given on the most problematic areas as the main aim was to explain the origins of these problems and consequent obstacles Turkey has to tackle.

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