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New regionalism in practice : a strategic partnership between European Union and Mercosur.
Fanturová, Anna ; Kučerová, Irah (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Martin (referee)
This thesis deals with the interregional relations between the European Union and Mercosur. It is approached as a single case study where the examined case is defined as "the strategic partnership between the European Union and Mercosur in the context of new regionalism". The thesis consists of three main chapters. The first chapter explains the phenomenon of new regionalism and interregionalism and deals with two theoretical approaches to regional integration - neofunctionalist and intergovernmental. The subject of the second chapter is the development of regional integration within Mercosur and the analysis of the relations between the EU and Mercosur from the early 1990's till present. The current negotiations between the two regions are aimed at the conclusion of the Association Agreement creating free trade area and consisting of three pillars: political dialogue, cooperation and trade. The negotiations were officially launched in 1999, later suspended in 2004 and re-launched at Madrid Summit in 2010. The thesis seeks to find out how the EU and Mercosur are motivated to sign the agreement and what are the main obstacles blocking the successful conclusion of the negotiation process. To this end, the third chapter analyzes the three pillars of the Association agreement under negotiation paying...
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Analýza potenciální zóny volného obchodu mezi EU a Mercosurem
Tomášková, Michaela
This bachelor thesis focuses on the analysis of a potential free-trade area between European Union and the Mercosur. The formation of the free-trade area between both groupings would be done by signing the Association agreement, which has been the subject of negotiations for several years. The theoretical part is dedicated to the explanation of basic terms that are associated with the integration processes and a basic characteristic of the development of the integration in Latin America. The subjects of the analytical part are the relationships between the European Union and Mercosur, their history and evolution. Another part of the thesis is a mutual business exchange between both integration blocs, which is graphically symbolized. The goal of the thesis is to identify the main obstacles that prevent the formation of the free-trade area and to describe the current situation of negotiations of the Association agreement.
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Economic Integration of European Union and Latin America
ČABRÁDEK, Ondřej
My diploma thesis is focused on economic integration between European Union and Southern Common Market, Mercosur. The aim of my thesis is to analyze current relationship between those two parties, compare their treaties and discuss the pros and cons of Association Agreement between EU and Mercosur. The work is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part, there are defined basic terms, such as integration, common market, free trade area, custom union and so on. Treaties that led to the establishing of EU and Mercosur are described as well. In practical part there is analysis of current relationship between EU and Mercosur. Furthermore, there is comparison of treaties of both parties, their similarities and differences. Lastly, SWOT analysis of Association Agreement was conducted and discussed.
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Trade Relations Between MERCOSUR and the European Union
Mizerová, Michala ; Hinčica, Vít (advisor) ; Bolotov, Ilya (referee)
This bachelor's thesis describes and analyses the evolution of trade relations between MERCOSUR and the European Union and its major objective is to present not only the historical background of their bilateral relations but also a complete overview of the ongoing negotiations focusing on the most recent status of the Association agreement. The thesis first deals with the comparison of both parts based on several indicators before moving to the analysis of trade flows between both blocks. The third part then focuses on their bilateral relations and negotiations of the Association agreement. The last part concludes with stating the major obstacle preventing reaching the agreement and presents several world affairs that could have a great influence on the negotiations.
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Germany and Ukraine's Path to non-signing the Association Agreement
Svobodová, Tereza ; Handl, Vladimír (advisor) ; Eberle, Jakub (referee)
This thesis deals with German foreign policy on example of negotiations of Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine in years 2007-2013. The purpose of this paper was to analyse German interests in these negotiations and to answer the question, if Germany acted more as a civilian or geoeconomic power. Moreover, I focused on the mistakes of German politicians during this process and how it could influence the negative outcome. Firstly, the thesis follows up main basis of German foreign policy and European Neighbourhood Policy, mainly Eastern Partnership, and the role of Germany in these. The main chapter studies chronologically the process of the treaty negotiations and focuses particularly on press releases and statements of key German politicians. These are compared with chosen criteria to assign the actions to one of the concepts. This thesis comes to a conclusion that Germany acted as a civilian power because it tried to multilateralize the relations, stressed the principles and values and avoided conflicts. Germany's mistake was that it did not pay enough attention to the negotiations and had no clear strategy for this area. With its passivity and lack of interest in Ukraine itself it contributed to the failure of the negotiations.
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New regionalism in practice : a strategic partnership between European Union and Mercosur.
Fanturová, Anna ; Kučerová, Irah (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Martin (referee)
This thesis deals with the interregional relations between the European Union and Mercosur. It is approached as a single case study where the examined case is defined as "the strategic partnership between the European Union and Mercosur in the context of new regionalism". The thesis consists of three main chapters. The first chapter explains the phenomenon of new regionalism and interregionalism and deals with two theoretical approaches to regional integration - neofunctionalist and intergovernmental. The subject of the second chapter is the development of regional integration within Mercosur and the analysis of the relations between the EU and Mercosur from the early 1990's till present. The current negotiations between the two regions are aimed at the conclusion of the Association Agreement creating free trade area and consisting of three pillars: political dialogue, cooperation and trade. The negotiations were officially launched in 1999, later suspended in 2004 and re-launched at Madrid Summit in 2010. The thesis seeks to find out how the EU and Mercosur are motivated to sign the agreement and what are the main obstacles blocking the successful conclusion of the negotiation process. To this end, the third chapter analyzes the three pillars of the Association agreement under negotiation paying...
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European Union and its approach towards the Ukrainian crisis from Maidan until Minsk 2
Hovorková, Petra ; Eichler, Jan (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
This bachelor thesis is dealing with the topic of the Ukrainian crisis in the historical and present perspective. The goal of this thesis is to analyse approach of the European Union towards the war in the eastern Ukraine as well as towards violations of the international law by the Russian Federation. This work covers the events in Ukraine since demonstrations on Kiev's Independence Square until the negotiations of the second peace agreement signed in Minsk. The subject of research is also the future of the Ukrainian state as an equal partner of the EU and Russia.
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The European Union and MERCOSUR
Ustsiuhava, Hanna ; Müller, David (advisor)
This bachelor thesis describes and analyses trade relations between two integration blocs: the European Union and MERCOSUR. The aim of the thesis is to provide a complete overview of the recent trade flows between the EU and MERCOSUR member states and to describe an ongoing negotiations on the Association agreement. The thesis is divided into three parts. In the first section attention is paid to the general characteristics of the two trade blocs. Follows the analysis of the trade flows between the EU and MERCOSUR. The third chapter of the thesis is focused on the historical background of the bilateral relations between the EU and MERCOSUR. The second part of this chapter describes ongoing bilateral trade negotiations on the Association agreement, paying attention to the potential benefits of this agreement and the main obstacles to reaching it.
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Trade relations between EU and group of MERCOSUR
Petrášková, Marcela ; Čajka, Radek (advisor) ; Froňková, Martina (referee)
The thesis is focused on trade relations between EU and states of MERCOSUR. The development and general characteristics of both blocs are described in the first section. The second part focuses on historical and actual evolution of the trade relations, on the agreements concluded between EU and MERCOSUR and also on the current Association agreement negotiation. The last part analyses trade of EU and the Czech republic with the states of MERCOSUR.
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