Essays about: "Defending EU Values"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Defending EU Values.
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1. INACTION OR ACTION ON DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING IN HUNGARY : A QUESTION OF WHICH TYPE OF RHETORIC IS MOST COMMON IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The thesis studies the most recent debate on the issue of democratic backsliding in Hungary, and more specifically, if a rhetoric of inaction was dominant in the plenary debate of the European Parliament. Democratic backsliding is a crucial topic to research in the context of the European Parliament’s recent attempts to take a more active role in defending the European Union’s fundamental values. READ MORE
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2. Rule of Law infringements in Hungary and Poland and the EU institutions safeguarding processes. Between years 2017-2022
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : What have the EU institutions done to safeguard rule of law values in Poland and Hungary? The goal of this thesis is to examine how Hungary and Poland have acted in ways that contradict EU values of rule of law, as well as what the EU institutions have done to safeguard these principles legislated in the Union's rule of law principle. Using a modified theory of external governance to explain incentives and motivations underpinning the EU institutions strategy to protect rule of law values. READ MORE
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3. The Organization of the Judiciary in EU Member States – an Internal Affair?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Recent events in the Member States of the EU have shown that the common values of the Union, inter alia the rule of law, might not be guaranteed across the Union as once hoped for. Scholars speak of a “rule of law crisis” while the Parliament and the Commission have activated Article 7 TEU, the so called “nuclear option”, regarding the situation in two of the Union’s 27 Member States, namely Poland and Hungary. READ MORE
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4. “The grandiosity of tasks and mediocrity of tools”: Confronting the transnational social question with mobile CEE citizens’ experiences in Sweden
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis contributes to the debate surrounding east-west intra-EU mobility, the transnational social question and European citizenship by uncovering often undervalued and stigmatized histories, experiences, and knowledge from the EU’s central and eastern member states by highlighting the voices of mobile CEE citizens in Sweden. Taking a problem-driven, adaptive approach, this thesis draws on qualitative interviews—with twelve respondents representing Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Latvia, and Estonia—contextualized by official documents from the EU and Sweden, including a European Commission communication and press release, a report prepared by Sweden’s National Board of Trade, and a letter from the EU Affairs ministers of Sweden, Finland, and Norway defending the freedom of movement. READ MORE
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5. “The grandiosity of tasks and mediocrity of tools”: Confronting the transnational social question with mobile CEE citizens’ experiences in Sweden
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis contributes to the debate surrounding east-west intra-EU mobility, the transnational social question and European citizenship by uncovering often undervalued and stigmatized histories, periences, and knowledge from the EU’s central and eastern member states by highlighting the voices of mobile CEE citizens in Sweden. Taking a problem-driven, adaptive approach, this thesis draws on qualitative interviews—with twelve respondents representing Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Latvia, and Estonia—contextualized by official documents from the EU and Sweden, including a European Commission communication and press release, a report prepared by Sweden’s National Board of Trade, and a letter from the EU Affairs ministers of Sweden, Finland, and Norway defending the freedom of movement. READ MORE
