Politicisation of the European Union in Slovenia in the twenty years of its membership

Lajh, Damjan (avtor), Novak, Meta (avtor)

Ever since Slovenia became independent, the European idea has been viewed fondly by the political elite and the public. The absence of any successful Eurosceptic parties has meant the main goals concerning European integration became national projects. Euroscepticism has remained limited, although in more recent years politicisation has steadily grown through political parties’ positions on EU issues. At the same time, the country’s political elite has lost sight of the specific strategy Slovenia should play in the EU. Moreover, alignment with other EU member states has begun to vary depending on the ruling party. After twenty years of membership, this has led to Slovenia being seen as one of the more submissive actors in EU policymaking. In the article, by applying an analytical framework of politicisation, we consider the changing attitudes to the EU in Slovenia through the twenty years of its membership. The central research question is: in which ways have European issues become politicised over the last twenty years in Slovenia? The research question is addressed by considering a chronological approach and analysis of events, participation in European elections and public opinion data. We argue that, as a newer member state, Slovenia politicises European issues to a limited extent.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: politicisation, membership, challenges
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Datum objave: 01.09.2024
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: Str. 331-353
• Številčenje: Vol. 20, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-164770
• UDK: 061.1EU:327(497.4)
• ISSN pri članku: 1801-3422
• DOI: 10.2478/pce-2024-0015
• COBISS.SI-ID: 214498563
• Datum objave v RUL: 11.11.2024

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Politics in Central Europe
• Založnik: Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen
• ISSN: 1801-3422
• COBISS.SI-ID: 24713309

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Licenca Creative Commons, ki prepoveduje komercialno uporabo, vendar uporabniki ne rabijo upravljati materialnih avtorskih pravic na izpeljanih delih z enako licenco.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: politiziranje, članstvo, izzivi

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0136-2022
• Naslov: Politološke raziskave