Report On The Foreign Policy Of The Czech Republic

Author : Tomas Weiss
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315443821
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Promoting National Priorities in EU Foreign Policy written by Tomas Weiss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do smaller member states promote their interests in EU foreign policy and external relations? EU membership can be seen to affect member states’ foreign policy in two ways, either by restricting national policies or empowering states in a challenging global environment. There is a general agreement, however, that the member states, especially smaller ones, have to engage actively in policy-making in order to promote their particular interest. This cross-policy comparison of the behaviour of Czech Republic’s representatives in the Council and the methods they use to influence the decision-making applies categorisation from lobbying literature to analyse the behaviour of the member state’s representatives and contributes to two strands of scholarship on European Union politics - decision-making in the EU and Europeanization. The book maps the methods of interest promotion that can be used by a member state and analyses the differences in interest promotion across external policy areas.