CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Penev, Daniel Antoniev |
|---|---|
| Title | Normative Power Europe and Migration: A "Refugee Crisis" or a "Normative Crisis"? |
| Summary | Engaging with the concept of Normative Power Europe (NPE), this paper examines the EU’s discourse on and policy response to the so-called “refugee crisis”. The author argues that the EU has failed to live up to its own ideals and norms in its response to the intensified migration flows in 2015 and 2016 because it has prioritized the security dimensions of the phenomenon, notably border management, measures against irregular migration, and accelerated returns and readmissions, at the expense of its non-security dimensions, especially respect for human rights, solidarity among the Member States, and the need for a comprehensive system of legal migration. This mode of behavior can be explained by the fact that in those areas where it has no exclusive competences, as in asylum and migration, the EU acts only as a coordinator, with the real policy-making power remaining in the hands of the Member States. The “refugee crisis”, which looks more like a normative or political crisis, has shown that the EU is not so much a normative power as a normative actor that pays attention to normative concerns but finds it extremely hard to translate normative aspirations into normative practices. |
| Supervisor | Balazs, Peter |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/penev_daniel.pdf |
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