CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Jude, Sorana Cristina |
|---|---|
| Title | Union for the Mediterranean: French Product with European Stamp |
| Summary | The paper focuses on the Europeanization of the Union for the Mediterranean, i.e. the transformation of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 Mediterranean initiative into the latest Euro-Mediterranean policy of cooperation. It claims that the Europeanization of the Union for the Mediterranean occurred through a complex process of foreign policy-making that involved both the Member States and the European Commission. Moreover, the process of Europeanization was informed by a blending of a European ‘discourse of responsibility’ towards the Mediterranean with the pragmatic reasons that pushed France, Germany, Italy and Spain to become involved in the initiative. Since Europeanization lacks explanatory power for disclosing the intricate European foreign policy mechanisms that lead to the transformation of the French proposal into a European-led policy, the paper brings in intergovernmentalism and discursive institutionalism as a means to render Europeanization more specific and to support the claim that both a normative discourse and a utilitarian rationale have informed the Europeanization of the Union for the Mediterranean. |
| Supervisor | Merlingen, Michael |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/jude_sorana.pdf |
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