Christian Schweiger
Poland, variable geometry and the enlarged European Union
Schweiger, Christian
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Abstract
This article examines the role of Poland in the European Union, where the traditional Franco-German leadership axis has been replaced by a new ‘variable geometry’ of leadership constellations across a variety of policy areas. In this setting Poland has the potential to move from maintaining an initially passive role as a policy-taker towards becoming an agenda-setter alongside other larger and more traditionally dominant member states, especially Germany. However, Poland's success in this matter and subsequent influence on a variety of European Union policy areas, particularly the single market and the European Union's external relations, will substantially depend on the extent of its economic recovery from the effects of the global economic recession and wider developments in the European Union's debt crisis as well as its willingness to engage in constellations of member states that go beyond its traditional partners.
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Schweiger, C. (2014). Poland, variable geometry and the enlarged European Union. Europe-Asia Studies, 66(3), 394-420. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2013.869898
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Dec 20, 2013 |
Publication Date | Mar 16, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Dec 11, 2013 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 10, 2014 |
Journal | Europe-Asia Studies |
Print ISSN | 0966-8136 |
Electronic ISSN | 1465-3427 |
Publisher | Department of Central and East European Studies |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 66 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 394-420 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2013.869898 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1473640 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Europe-Asia Studies on 20 Dec 2013, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09668136.2013.869898
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