French attitude to Ukraine’s EU membership : from indifference through securitisation to alternatives
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14782804.2024.2351064" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14782804.2024.2351064</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2024.2351064" target="_blank" >10.1080/14782804.2024.2351064</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
French attitude to Ukraine’s EU membership : from indifference through securitisation to alternatives
Original language description
After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, EU enlargement rebounded from the sidelines to take centre stage in the European debate. The overall support of the EU towards Kyiv was framed by a sudden moral imperative to help Ukraine enter the EU even though it had been stuck in the perpetual waiting room of Eastern Partnership for quite some time. France repeatedly attempted to form a pan-European body and created the European Political Community (EPC), allegedly intended primarily to help Ukraine. However, France has had an ambiguous attitude to EU enlargement which is domestically a politically sensitive topic. We examined to what extent a rationalist or securitisation-driven stance to EU enlargement prevails in France. To do so, an analysis of the geopolitical ambitions of France in Central and Eastern Europe together with its pan-European projects such as EPC was carried out. Our analysis proves that despite all the political statements of support for the EU candidate states, the French ruling elite and society do not favour enlargement. Potential member states are securitised in the political discourse and potential cons of their entry are emphasised. Moreover, French president Emmanuel Macron openly stated he expects the accession process of Ukraine would take decades.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Contemporary European Studies
ISSN
1478-2804
e-ISSN
1478-2790
Volume of the periodical
32
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
1291-1306
UT code for WoS article
001216429500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85192558430