Imagining Policies: European Integration and the European Minority Rights Regime

Nancheva, Nevena

doi:10.1080/14782804.2015.1056725

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“…The EU anchored the rule of law and civil liberties in the EU anti-discrimination framework (Vachudova 2005). The EU pressure to adopt anti-discrimination legislation was crucial, as the commitment of domestic elites to minority rights was lacklustre (Agarin and Brossig 2016;Nancheva 2016;Rechel 2009;Börzel et al 2015).…”

Section: Institutions and The European Legal Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Minority accommodation evolved into a bargaining process, because the EU lacked common minority standards or a minority rights regime, and pre-accession funding that would directly target minority issues. The EU pressure to resolve majority-minority issues prior to accession evolved into a controversial double standard for the member states and the accession countries (Börzel et al 2015;Nancheva 2016). To cope with the EU pressure, the East Central European countries adapted to the requirements of the EU oversight, adopting primary legislation, establishing institutions dealing with minority issues, building task forces and drafting action plans.…”

Section: Institutions and The European Legal Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Same Same, but Different: Domestic Conditions of Illiberal Backlash Against Universal Rights in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Guasti

2020

Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics

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In recent years, mobilisation along the cultural dimension intensified in East-Central Europe. Conservative groups, the Catholic Church and the radical right, as well as radicalised mainstream politicians, are increasingly adopting the populist socially conservative rhetoric, blocking pro-universal rights legislation and running electoral campaigns on the rollback of universal rights. These dynamics are an integral part of the illiberal backlash which centres around the notion of sovereignty. It rejects demands for universal rights as foreign-forced on the country by the EU or CoE. Using historical institutionalism to compare domestic processes around minority rights in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, this chapter shows that the mechanics of the EU member states’ backlash against minority accommodation can be mainly attributed to the domestic actors. As a result of different domestic configurations, some European norms take root, while in other cases, domestic actors seek to prevent accommodation and rollback rights.

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Section: Institutions and The European Legal Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Institutions and The European Legal Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Same Same, but Different: Domestic Conditions of Illiberal Backlash Against Universal Rights in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Guasti

2020

Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics

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“…EU accession was a strong incentive to modify, even to resolve the relationship between the majority and minority groups. EU pressure to adopt anti-discrimination legislation was crucial, for the commitment of domestic elites to minority rights was lackluster (Rechel 2009;Börzel, Soyaltin, and Yilmaz 2015;Agarin and Brosig 2016;Nancheva 2016). The European Union anchored the rule of law and civil liberties in the EU anti-discrimination framework (Vachudova 2005).…”

Section: The Role Of the European Union In Minority Accommodationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In seeking to address unresolved majority-minority issues, and entrench minority rights among the fundamental democratic rights, the EU pursued a controversial double standard for the member states and the accession countries (Börzel, Soyaltin, and Yilmaz 2015;Nancheva 2016). The Central European countries adopted all EU primary legislation on non-discrimination and established institutions dealing with minority issues.…”

Section: The Role Of the European Union In Minority Accommodationmentioning

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In Europe’s Closet: the rights of sexual minorities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Guasti

Buštíková

2019

East European Politics

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This article explores the mechanisms of accommodation and backlash against a new identity group in the Czech Republic and Slovakia-LGBT. Minority demands spark political backlash because societal consensus lags behind the actual accommodation of sexual minorities. The legal framework of the European Union and international pressure groups further accelerate the process of accommodation and polarisation. Yesterday's accommodation in Western Europe is today's demand in Eastern Europe. The common European framework erodes the grip of domestic elites on minority rights and contributes to backlash by social conservative forces.

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“…temellendiği de bir gerçektir. 23 Bu rejim Avrupa'nın üç örgütünün -AK, AGİT ve AB -yoğun çabaları sayesinde yavaş yavaş şekillenmeye başlamıştır. Önemle belirtilmelidir ki azınlık hakları konusunda Avrupa standartlarının belirlenmesi için özellikle AK ve AGİT'in çalışmaları öne çıkmıştır.…”

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Yilmaz¹

2015

Ankara Avrupa Calismalari Dergisi

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Imagining Policies: European Integration and the European Minority Rights Regime

Cited by 9 publications

References 44 publications

Same Same, but Different: Domestic Conditions of Illiberal Backlash Against Universal Rights in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Same Same, but Different: Domestic Conditions of Illiberal Backlash Against Universal Rights in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

In Europe’s Closet: the rights of sexual minorities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

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