European Integration and new Anti-Europeanism. Vol. 3: Perceptions of External States on European Integration

The history of European integration has always known "external states" that did not want or were not able to join the process of European integration. The EU might indeed not be seen as attractive: Since 2008, it has had to face many crises, first the financial crisis, then the migration and Schengen crises in 2015, and finally the "leave" vote in Great Britain in 2016, the so-called "Brexit". Euro-skepticism has continually increased in EU-member states as the rejection of various EU treaties proved. On national as well as EU levels, the strength of anti-European parties has grown. The present volume, edited by Birte Wassenberg and Patrick Moreau, concentrates on these "external states", particularly their attitude towards Europe. By looking at the geopolitical context, a wide range from historical constants to a changing of attitudes is shown and proves that the EU remains a fundamental actor of European politics and that its attraction continues to be very powerful. Table des matières / Table of Contents / Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION: BIRTE WASSENBERG (& PATRICK MOREAU) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: PATRICK MOREAU (& BIRTE WASSENBERG) PART 1: BETWEEN RELUCTANCE, DISTANCE AND EUROSCEPTICSICM: THE EFTA STATES / ENTRE HÉSITATION, DISTANCE ET EUROSCEPTICISME : LES ÉTATS DE L’AELE / ZWISCHEN ZÖRGERN, DISTANZ UND EUROSKEPTIZISMUS: DIE EFTA STAATEN NORWEGIAN EUROSCEPTICISM REVISITED. THE GAP BETWEEN POLICY AND PRACTICE (LISE RYE) THE MOST RELUCTANT COUNTRY WITH REGARD TO EUROPEAN INTEGRATION (CENNI NAJY & RENÉ SCHWOK) ICELAND IN EUROPE – KEEPING ITS DISTANCE (EIRIKUR BERGAMANN) PART 2: FOR OR AGAINST EUROPE? EUROPHILES, EUROSCEPTICS, IN-BETWEENS AND ACCESSION CANDIDATES: FOUR CASESTUDIES / POUR OU CONTRE L’EUROPE ? EUROPHILES, EUROSCEPTIQUES, LES ENTRE-DEUX ET CANDIDATS À L’ADHÉSION: QUATRE CAS D’ÉTUDES / FÜR ODER GEGEN EUROPA? EUROPHILE, EUROSKEPTIKER, IN-BETWEENS UND BEITRITTSKANDIDATEN: VIER FALLSTUDIEN LES RELATIONS DE L’UE AVEC LE VATICAN: UNE DIMENSION «MICRO»? (RÉMI CAUCANAS) EUROSCEPTICS NOT ONLY BY STATE DEFINITION: THE CASE OF BELARUS (WOLFGANG SENDER & IEVA MOTŪZAITĖ) UKRAINE: PRO-EUROPEAN MAJORITY AND THE CHANCES OF REVENGE (KOSTIANTYN FEDORENKO) DIE POLITISCHEN PARTEIEN ALBANIENS UND EUROPA (AFRIM KRASNIQI) PART 3: RUSSIA AND THE EU: A GROWING EUROSCEPTICISM? / LA RUSSIE ET L’UE : UN EUROSCEPTICISME EN CROISSANCE ? / RUSSLAND UND DIE EU: EIN WACHSENDER EUROSKETPIZISMUS? VLADIMIR POUTINE ET L’EUROPE: MALENTENDUS ET MALADRESSES (JEAN-CHRISTOPHE ROMER) RUSSIA’S EUROSCEPTIC DISCOURSES: IMITATIONS, CONTESTATIONS, SUTURES (ANDREY MAKARYCHEV) ANNEXES / ANHÄNGE / APPENDICES LES AUTEURS – DIE AUTOREN – THE AUTHORS ZUR REIHE „STUDIEN ZUR GESCHICHTE DER EUROPÄISCHEN INTEGRATION“ CONCERNANT LA SÉRIE »ETUDES SUR L’HISTOIRE DE L’INTÉGRATION EUROPÉENNE« ABOUT THE SERIES “STUDIES ON THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION” The history of European integration has always known "external states" that did not want or were not able to join the process of European integration. The EU might indeed not be seen as attractive: Since 2008, it has had to face many crises, first the financial crisis, then the migration and Schengen crises in 2015, and finally the "leave" vote in Great Britain in 2016, the so-called "Brexit". Euro-skepticism has continually increased in EU-member states as the rejection of various EU treaties proved. On national as well as EU levels, the strength of anti-European parties has grown. 0The present volume, edited by Birte Wassenberg and Patrick Moreau, concentrates on these "external states", particularly their attitude towards Europe. By looking at the geopolitical context, a wide range from historical constants to a changing of attitudes is shown and proves that the EU remains a fundamental actor of European politics and that its attraction continues to be very powerful