Volume 37 (2014), Issue 4

For a long time, French politicians have viewed France’s participation in European integration as a justification for the preservation of its power through the framework of Europe. However, France’s position in the European Union seems to become...

The paper offers a critical survey of Hungary’s EU membership through analysis of key expected benefits, including trade, free circulation of persons and capital, impact of EU transfers and full-fledged participation in the decision-making process...

With the adoption of the macro-regional strategies for the Baltic Sea, Danube and the Adriatic-Ionian regions in 2009, 2011 and 2014 respectively, the European Union has in⁠troduced a new concept in EU regional policy. Building on the EUROPE 2020...

The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and the Eastern Partnership (EP) are controversial issues among political actors and the Public. This article identifies three contentious issues: sovereign statehood, international alliance capacities and the...