Contemporary Europe, 2017 (vol. 2017), issue 1

Articles

HORIZONTÁLNÍ SOCIÁLNÍ KLAUZULE ČL. 9 SFEU - MRTVÉ USTANOVENÍ NEBO ZÁKLAD SOCIÁLNĚ-EKONOMICKÉ ROVNOVÁHY EU?

HORIZONTAL SOCIAL CLAUSE OF ART. 9 TFEU - A DEAD PROVISION OR A BASE OF THE EU SOCIO-ECONOMIC BALANCE?

Václav Šmejkal

Současná Evropa 2017, 2017(1):4-16

The so-called horizontal social clause contained in Art. 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU obliges EU, already since December 2009, to ensure that in all its activities certain social principles are reflected. Although seven years ago a significant potential this was attributed to this new Treaty provision, looking back at the post-Lisbon EU developments, Commission´s documents and decisions of the EU Court of Justice, it is clear that the horizontal social clause has not changed the EU at all. The EU is still suffering from the same "social deficit" for which the European left and the unions has been criticizing it in the pre-Lisbon period...

Evropská bankovní unie: Současný stav a jak napravit její slabiny

European Banking Uniion: Current State of Play and How to Fix Its Weaknesses

Stanislav Šaroch, Jan Famfule

Současná Evropa 2017, 2017(1):17-29

This paper evaluates the main shortcomings and potential risks of the current shape of the EU's banking union. The institutional set-up of the single banking supervision is called into question; the rationale behind its establishment is explained and possible drawbacks are pointed out. Further and mainly, the paper concentrates on the analysis of the single banking resolution and its supporting legislation in the form of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD). The BRRD's main innovation, the "bail-in" principle of resolving failing banks is assessed, both in terms of clear advantages as compared to the classic public bailout, and of potential...

Consultations

Je Evropská unie modelem pro jiné nadnárodní organizace z pohledu vybraných instrumentů veřejné diplomacie?

Is the European Union a model for other intergovernmental organizations from certain public diplomacy instruments' perspective?

Petra Vytečka Šedinová

Současná Evropa 2017, 2017(1):30-40

The goal of the article "Is the European Union a model for other intergovernmental organisations from certain public diplomacy instruments' perspective?" is to refute or confirm the statement. The text provides a comparative analysis of the EU's and AU's public diplomacy's selected instruments, formulates three key questions to which the author finds answers at the end of the text, and at the same time suggests the level of inspiration by the EU public diplomacy strategy towards the African Union's policies. Within the frame of public diplomacy, the text focuses mainly on social media and media campaigns through which it searches for the level of engagement...

Vnitřní dimenze veřejné diplomacie Evropské unie - strategie, aktéři, nástroje

Internal dimension of the EU public diplomacy - strategy, participants, tools

Jana Peterková

Současná Evropa 2017, 2017(1):41-57

The internal dimension of public diplomacy, which undoubtedly also include communication with its citizens and attempt to explain the state's position and gain citizen support for these attitudes, are an important part of care for the country's reputation. This dimension is also very important for the European Union. The article examines the domestic dimension of public diplomacy in the European Union through the lens of a general model of this dimension in the basic structure depicting actors, key documents and tools used. The text follows identical features as well as differences on this dimension in the EU practice. Attention is paid to the period...

Diferenciace evropské integrace - teorie a koncepty

European integration differentiation - theory and concept

Barbora Hronešová

Současná Evropa 2017, 2017(1):58-76

Theoretical approaches to differentiation of European integration evolved over the last twenty to thirty years from initial attempts to conceptualize the actual development through confrontation with conventional European integration theories to attempts to further theoretically develop this phenomenon. The aim of this paper is both to systematically introduce Czech readers into existing theoretical approaches to differentiated integration, and to confront the basic conceptualization and theoretical work about this phenomenon with factual development. Differentiation of European integration is seen rather as an umbrella concept which opens more opportunities...

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