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Romanian Political Science Review Vol. XXI, No. 1 2021
Romanian Political Science Review vol. XXI, no. 1 2021 The end of the Cold War, and the extinction of communism both as an ideology and a practice of government, not only have made possible an unparalleled experiment in building a democratic order in Central and Eastern Europe, but have opened up a most extraordinary intellectual opportunity: to understand, compare and eventually appraise what had previously been neither understandable nor comparable. Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review was established in the realization that the problems and concerns of both new and old democracies are beginning to converge. The journal fosters the work of the first generations of Romanian political scientists permeated by a sense of critical engagement with European and American intellectual and political traditions that inspired and explained the modern notions of democracy, pluralism, political liberty, individual freedom, and civil rights. Believing that ideas do matter, the Editors share a common commitment as intellectuals and scholars to try to shed light on the major political problems facing Romania, a country that has recently undergone unprecedented political and social changes. They think of Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review as a challenge and a mandate to be involved in scholarly issues of fundamental importance, related not only to the democratization of Romanian polity and politics, to the “great transformation” that is taking place in Central and Eastern Europe, but also to the make-over of the assumptions and prospects of their discipline. They hope to be joined in by those scholars in other countries who feel that the demise of communism calls for a new political science able to reassess the very foundations of democratic ideals and procedures. -
The Voting Systems in the Council of the EU and the Bundesrat – What Do They Tell Us About European Federalism? by Jacek Czaputowicz and Marcin Kleinowski
ISSN: 2036-5438 The voting systems in the Council of the EU and the Bundesrat – What do they tell us about European Federalism? by Jacek Czaputowicz and Marcin Kleinowski Perspectives on Federalism, Vol. 10, issue 1, 2018 Except where otherwise noted content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons 2.5 Italy License E -174 Abstract The Treaty of Lisbon introduced a new system of weighted votes in the Council, which radically departs from the principles on which the distribution of votes between the Member States of the EU was based for more than half a century. At the same time, the system of double majority is fundamentally different from the assumptions on which voting systems in federal states are based, including in the Bundesrat. Systems used in federal states are usually based on a compromise between the equality of states, and the equality of citizens. Consequently, in the Nice system, smaller Member States in the EU had relatively greater power compared to their populations than smaller federal units in the German Bundesrat. The results presented in this paper indicate that the Lisbon system of voting in the Council differs significantly from voting systems in federal states. Key-words Council of the European Union, Bundesrat, voting power, Nice voting system, double majority voting system Except where otherwise noted content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons 2.5 Italy License E -175 1. Introduction Is the European Union evolving towards a federal system? Evidence speaking for the European Union being similar to a federation includes: EU institutions taking over competences previously held by states; the principle of supremacy of European law and its direct effect in national law; and cooperation between federal institutions and the constituent units in executing various tasks.I What speaks against this thesis is: the lack of a European constitution; of the right to impose taxes; as well as the fact that states retain their membership in international organisations, such as the UN. -
Poland External Relations Briefing: Reactivation of the Weimar Triangle? Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska
ISSN: 2560-1601 Vol. 33, No. 4 (PL) October 2020 Poland external relations briefing: Reactivation of the Weimar Triangle? Joanna Ciesielska-Klikowska 1052 Budapest Petőfi Sándor utca 11. +36 1 5858 690 Kiadó: Kína-KKE Intézet Nonprofit Kft. [email protected] Szerkesztésért felelős személy: CHen Xin Kiadásért felelős személy: Huang Ping china-cee.eu 2017/01 Reactivation of the Weimar Triangle? In mid-October, a meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France, Germany and Poland took place in Paris. The consultations of the heads of diplomacy of the Weimar Triangle states were the first in such a formula since 2016. This is an important change and a step forward for this tripartite cooperation that has been in abeyance for several years. It used to be a key communication channel from Warsaw to Berlin and Paris and vice versa. Today the forum is not used, but potentially it can be an important transmission belt of concepts for European integration and cooperation. MFA’s meeting in Paris The talks held on October 15, 2020 in the French capital city by the heads of diplomacy of France, Germany and Poland - Jean-Yves Le Drian, Heiko Maas and Zbigniew Rau - focused on the most important challenges of the last months and the near future. During the meeting, the Ministers centred primarily on the dynamic situation in the neighbourhood of the European Union (especially in the context of the current developments in Belarus), European Union relations with the Russian Federation, and the prospects of strengthening of the Eastern Partnership. Moreover, the Ministers discussed the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean and in Libya. -
In Annual Speeches of the Republic of Poland Ministers of Foreign Affairs After 2001
Przegląd Strategiczny 2017, nr 10 Piotr POCHYŁY DOI : 10.14746/ps.2017.1.12 University of Zielona Góra THE CONCEPT OF “SECURITY” IN ANNUAL SPEECHES OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AFTER 2001 The purpose of the publication is to present how the concept of security has been de- fined in annual speeches of Poland’s foreign ministers after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. Research problem: the impact of the international situation on ways of ensuring Po- land’s security in the annual speeches of Polish foreign ministers. Apart from the as- pect of classically understood security, the analysis also covers modern categories of security that is economic, public, ecological, energy or food security. The temporal range is from 2001 to 2017. Following the definition in the Polish Language Diction- ary published by PWN I define “security” as “the state of non-threat” (Bezpieczeństwo, 2017). * * * Every year foreign ministers of Poland give their annual speeches – officially known as the Information of the Foreign Minister on the goals of foreign policy, in which they define priorities, characterize challenges, and present corrections to the policy. Sometimes it is just an ordinary fulfilment of the obligation, which does not provoke greater conflicts or reflections and is presented in the nearly empty hall, but since 2010, after the plane crash near Smolensk, there have been very exciting debates connected with disputes in the Parliament (speeches given by Radosław Sikorski between 2011–2014), also in connection to responsibility for state security. The speeches which were urgent responses to events in the world (Sikorski, 2014) and the ones that were given when new governments came to power: (Cimoszewicz, 2002; Meller, 2006; Sikorski, 2008; Sikorski, 2012; Waszczykowski, 2016) will be particularly relevant to the search for answers to the research problem because apart from presenting current issues the ministers were obliged to discuss four-year for- eign policy assumptions. -
Constructions and Instrumentalization of the Past: a Comparative Study on Memory Management in the Region
CBEES State of the Region Report 2020 Constructions and Instrumentalization of the Past A Comparative Study on Memory Management in the Region Published with support from the Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies (Östersjstiftelsen) Constructions and Instrumentalization of the Past A Comparative Study on Memory Management in the Region December 2020 Publisher Centre for Baltic and East European Studies, CBEES, Sdertrn University © CBEES, Sdertrn University and the authors Editor Ninna Mrner Editorial Board Joakim Ekman, Florence Frhlig, David Gaunt, Tora Lane, Per Anders Rudling, Irina Sandomirskaja Layout Lena Fredriksson, Serpentin Media Proofreading Bridget Schaefer, Semantix Print Elanders Sverige AB ISBN 978-91-85139-12-5 4 Contents 7 Preface. A New Annual CBEES Publication, Ulla Manns and Joakim Ekman 9 Introduction. Constructions and Instrumentalization of the Past, David Gaunt and Tora Lane 15 Background. Eastern and Central Europe as a Region of Memory. Some Common Traits, Barbara Trnquist-Plewa ESSAYS 23 Victimhood and Building Identities on Past Suffering, Florence Frhlig 29 Image, Afterimage, Counter-Image: Communist Visuality without Communism, Irina Sandomirskaja 37 The Toxic Memory Politics in the Post-Soviet Caucasus, Thomas de Waal 45 The Flag Revolution. Understanding the Political Symbols of Belarus, Andrej Kotljarchuk 55 Institutes of Trauma Re-production in a Borderland: Poland, Ukraine, and Lithuania, Per Anders Rudling COUNTRY BY COUNTRY 69 Germany. The Multi-Level Governance of Memory as a Policy Field, Jenny Wstenberg 80 Lithuania. Fractured and Contested Memory Regimes, Violeta Davoliūtė 87 Belarus. The Politics of Memory in Belarus: Narratives and Institutions, Aliaksei Lastouski 94 Ukraine. Memory Nodes Loaded with Potential to Mobilize People, Yuliya Yurchuk 106 Czech Republic. -
Lecture 27 Epilogue How Far Does the Past Dominate Polish Politics Today? 'Choose the Future' Election Slogan of Alexander K
- 1 - Lecture 27 Epilogue How far does the past dominate Polish politics today? ‘Choose the future’ Election slogan of Alexander Kwaśniewski in 1996. ‘We are today in the position of Andrzej Gołota: after seven rounds, we are winning on points against our historical fatalism. As rarely in our past - today almost everything depends on us ourselves... In the next few years, Poland’s fate for the succeeding half- century will be decided. And yet Poland has the chance - like Andrzej Gołota, to waste its opportunity. We will not enter NATO of the European Union if we are a country beset by a domestic cold war, a nation so at odds with itself that one half wants to destroy the other. Adam Michnik, ‘Syndrom Gołoty’, Gazeta Świąteczna, 22 December 1996 ‘I do not fear the return of communism, but there is a danger of new conflicts between chauvinism and nationalist extremism on the one hand and tolerance, liberalism and Christian values on the other’ Władysław Bartoszewski on the award to him of the Heinrich Heine prize, December 1996 1. Introduction: History as the Means for Articulating Political Orientations In Poland, as in most countries which have been compelled to struggle to regain their lost independence, an obsessive involvement with the past and a desire to derive from it lessons of contemporary relevance have long been principal characteristics of the political culture. Polish romantic nationalism owed much to Lelewel’s concept of the natural Polish predilection for democratic values. The Polish nation was bound, he felt, to struggle as ‘ambassador to humanity’ and, through its suffering, usher in an era on universal liberty. -
Ius Novum 3-18.Indd
ISSN 1897-5577 Ius Novum Vol. 12 Number 3 2018 july–september DOI: 10.26399/iusnovum.v12.3.2018 english version QUARTERLY OF THE FACULTY OF LAW AND ADMINISTRATION OF LAZARSKI UNIVERSITY Warsaw 2018 RADA NAUKOWA / ADVISORY BOARD President: Prof., Maria Kruk-Jarosz, PhD hab., Lazarski University in Warsaw (Poland) Prof. Sylvie Bernigaud, PhD hab., Lumière University Lyon 2 (France) Prof. Vincent Correia, PhD hab., University of Paris-Sud, University of Poitiers (France) Prof. Bertil Cottier, PhD hab., Università della Svizzera italiana of Lugano (Switzerland) Prof. Regina Garcimartín Montero, PhD hab., University of Zaragoza (Spain) Prof. Juana María Gil Ruiz, PhD, University of Granada (Spain) Prof. Stephan Hobe, PhD hab., University of Cologne (Germany) Prof. Brunon Hołyst, PhD hab., honoris causa doctor, Lazarski University in Warsaw (Poland) Prof. Michele Indellicato, PhD hab., University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy) Prof. Hugues Kenfack, PhD hab., Toulouse 1 Capitole University of Toulouse (France) Rev. Prof. Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier, PhD hab., Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland) Prof. Pablo Mendes de Leon, PhD hab., Leiden University (Netherlands) Prof. Adam Olejniczak, PhD hab., Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland) Prof. Ferdinando Parente, PhD, University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy) Prof. Grzegorz Rydlewski, PhD hab., University of Warsaw (Poland) Prof. Vinai Kumar Singh, PhD hab., New Delhi, Indian Society of International Law (India) Prof. Gintaras Švedas, PhD hab., Vilnius University (Lithuania) Prof. Anita Ušacka, PhD hab., judge of the International Criminal Court in the Hague (Netherlands) Ewa Weigend, PhD, Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg (Germany) REDAKCJA / EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief: Prof. -
Federal Minister for European And
To: Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria, Alexander Schallenberg Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belgium, Sophie Wilmès Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, Svetlan Stoev Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia, Gordan Grlić Radman Minister of Foreign Affairs of Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechia, Jakub Kulhánek Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Jeppe Kofod Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Eva-Maria Liimets Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Pekka Haavisto Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Jean-Yves Le Drian Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, Heiko Maas Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Nikos Dendias Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, Péter Szijjártó Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence of Ireland, Simon Coveney Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, Luigi Di Maio Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Gabrielius Landsbergis Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Malta, Evarist Bartolo Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands, Sigrid Kaag Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Zbigniew Rau Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Augusto Santos Silva Minister -
A Public Debate and Seminar on the 40Th
“CRACKING BORDERS, GROWING WALLS. EUROPEANS FACING THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS” A public debate and seminar on the 40 th anniversary of the declaration of the Helsinki Final Act 8-9 September 2015, Warsaw DRAFT PROGRAMME Tuesday, 8 September 2015 Teatr Polski / Polish Theatre, Warsaw Public debate 16.00 Registration Coffee and refreshments 17.00 Welcome: Jarosław Kuisz, Kultura Liberalna, University of Warsaw, CNRS Paris Michael Thoss, Allianz Kulturstiftung Cornelius Ochmann, Stiftung für deutsch-polnische Zusammenarbeit Antje Contius, Fischer Stiftung 17.15 Opening presentations: Robert Cooper, Special Advisor at the European Commission Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv Jarosław Pietras, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union 17.40 Panel 1: The current crisis Viola von Cramon, Alliance '90/The Greens Ola Hnatiuk, Polish Academy of Sciences Josef Joffe, publisher-editor of Die Zeit, Hoover Institution, Harvard University Aleksander Smolar, President of Stefan Batory Foundation, CNRS Paris Matt Steinglass, The Economist Chairing : Karolina Wigura, Kultura Liberalna, University of Warsaw, and Katya Gorchinskaya, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna 19.00 Panel 2: Looking into the future of European integration Ulrike Guérot, European Democracy Lab Asle Toje, Norwegian Nobel Institute Roman Kuźniar, former foreign policy advisor to President Bronisław Komorowski Adam Daniel Rotfeld, University of Warsaw, former Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Adam Garfinkle, The American -
Foreign Affairs Council Participants
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL Luxembourg, 21 June 2021 PARTICIPANTS High Representative Mr Josep BORRELL FONTELLES High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission Belgium: Ms Sophie WILMÈS Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Affairs, Foreign Trade and Federal Cultural Institutions Bulgaria: Mr Svetlan STOEV Minister for Foreign Affairs Czechia: Mr Jakub KULHÁNEK Minister for Foreign Affairs Denmark: Mr Jeppe KOFOD Minister for Foreign Affairs Germany: Mr Heiko MAAS Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Estonia: Ms Eva-Maria LIIMETS Minister for Foreign Affairs Ireland: Mr Simon COVENEY Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence Greece: Mr Nikolaos-Georgios DENDIAS Minister for Foreign Affairs Spain: Ms Arancha GONZÁLEZ LAYA Minister for Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation France: Mr Jean-Yves LE DRIAN Minister for Europe and for Foreign Affairs Croatia: Mr Gordan GRLIĆ RADMAN Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Italy: Mr Luigi DI MAIO Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Cyprus: Mr Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES Minister for Foreign Affairs Latvia: Mr Edgars RINKĒVIČS Minister for Foreign Affairs Lithuania: Mr Gabrielius LANDSBERGIS Minister for Foreign Affairs Luxembourg: Mr Jean ASSELBORN Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Minister for Immigration and Asylum Hungary: Mr Péter SZIJJÁRTÓ Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Malta: Ms Marlene BONNICI Permanent Representative Netherlands: -
Z Instytucji Unii Europejskiej
nr 15(21) • 29 sierpnia 2019 Przegląd wydarzeń w Unii Europejskiej i informacji o Unii Europejskiej e Ursula von der Leyen nową przewodniczącą Komisji Europejskiej e e Polscy posłowie w komisjach PE e e Uzasadniona opinia KE dotycząca nowego systemu środków dyscyplinarnych wobec polskich sędziów e e Pozycja Niemiec w Unii Europejskiej e Z INSTYTUCJI UNII EUROPEJSKIEJ PARLAMENT EUROPEJSKI lament zdecyduje w głosowaniu, czy poprze skład nowej Komisji, któ- 16 lipca e Parlament Europejski w tajnym głosowaniu (przy użyciu pa- ry ostatecznie musi zostać zatwierdzony większością kwalifikowaną pierowych kart do głosowania) wybrał na stanowisko przewodniczącej Ko- przez Radę Europejską. Ursula von der Leyen ma objąć urząd 1 listo- misji Europejskiej Ursulę von der Leyen. W głosowaniu oddano 733 głosy pada 2019 r. (kadencja obecnej Komisji trwa do 31 października). (w tym 1 nieważny) – 383 eurodeputowanych głosowało za, 327 przeciw, 10 lipca e Odbyły się posiedzenia inauguracyjne komisji i podkomisji a 22 wstrzymało się od głosu. Ursula von der Leyen jest pierwszą kobietą Parlamentu Europejskiego. W IX kadencji PE powołano 20 wyspecjalizo- wybraną na stanowisko przewodniczącej Komisji Europejskiej. wanych komisji stałych. W skład każdej z nich wchodzi od 25 do 73 człon- Podczas poprzedzającej głosowanie debaty parlamentarnej kan- ków. Komisje wybierają spośród swoich członków przewodniczącego dydatka wygłosiła oświadczenie, w którym przedstawiła swoją wizję oraz maksymalnie czterech wiceprzewodniczących, którzy razem tworzą i plan działania. Wśród -
Revolution, War and Their Consequences 16-17 March 2018
Revolution, War and Their Consequences 16-17 March 2018 College of Europe Natolin Campus (Warsaw) 16 March 2018, Friday 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Welcome Ewa Ośniecka-Tamecka, Vice-Rector of College of Europe Opening remarks François Hollande, former President of the Republic of France Arsenii Yatsenyuk, former Prime Minister of Ukraine Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Short video introduction I. Discussion: International consequences of the 2014 Revolution of Dignity Introduction: Dan Fried, the State Department’s Coordinator for Sanctions Policy, former US Ambassador to Poland Adam Daniel Rotfeld, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Borys Tarasyuk, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Former minister of foreign affairs. Danylo Lubkivsky, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Kataryna Wolczuk, Professor of East European Politics, University of Birmingham Igor Gretskiy, Professor, St. Petersburg State University 3R PROJECT College of Europe ul. Nowoursynowska 84 Phone: +48 22 54 59 401 Natolin Campus PL-02-797 Warsaw, Poland Email: [email protected] Chairperson: Professor Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski, Professor Georges Mink, Dr Paweł Kowal 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm lunch 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm II Discussion: The annexation of Crimea – its consequences for Ukraine and Europe (International and legal aspects, Ukrainian policy towards Crimea, the Crimean Tatars) Introductory remarks: Refat Chubarov, chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar, Sławomir