Concepts for the development of European integration according to the information provided by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland in 2012–2019 Cover Image

Koncepcje rozwoju integracji europejskiej na podstawie informacji ministrów spraw zagranicznych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (2012–2019)
Concepts for the development of European integration according to the information provided by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland in 2012–2019

Author(s): Arkadiusz Lewandowski, Patryk Tomaszewski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Political Theory, Governance, EU-Legislation
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: foreign policy; safety of Poland; European integration concepts; foreign policy concepts; European Union, energy security;

Summary/Abstract: The authors of the article analysed the information provided in the Sejm by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs on current foreign policy in 2012–2019. The authors’ efforts were mainly focused on fragments of speeches dedicated to the European Union, fundamental for conducting a long-term, strategic Polish policy within the EU. The authors considered the following as such problems: plans for the role of Poland in the EU and its future political shape, as well as the resulting security policy, especially when it comes to energetic security, which is important from the point of view of Poland’s sovereignty, as well as the common EU policy.Content analysis (both qualitative and quantitative) and a comparative technique, which was used to determine similarities and differences in the analysed materials, were chosen as the research method.The hypothesis formulated assumed that the approach to relations with the EU presented by the PO-PSL coalition, and then the United Right, differed significantly because it was based on a different paradigm. In the recommendations of the PO-PSL we can see references to the liberal/neoliberal theory, while in the recommendations of the United Right we can see references to the realism/neorealism theory.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 53-81
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: English, Polish