Poland's power and influence in the European union: the case of its Eastern policy

Nathaniel Copsey, Karolina Pomorska

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Abstract

This paper seeks to assess the degree to which Poland exercises power and influence in the European Union. It employs Poland's policy towards its eastern neighbours as a case study, and, in doing so, contributes to two wider scholarly debates on how EU policy towards Russia, Ukraine and Belarus is made, and also the broader question of the evolving nature of the relationship between the European Union and its member states. In doing so, it employs a synthetic framework that brings together the approaches for studying the power and influence of a given member state that were developed by Wallace et al. (2005), Tallberg (2008) and Moravcsik (1991, 1993, 1998). It concludes that Polish influence has been low.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDemocracy, State and society
Subtitle of host publicationEuropean integration in Central and Eastern Europe
EditorsMagdalena Góra, Katarzyna Zlelińska
Place of PublicationWydawnictwo (PL)
PublisherJagiellonian University Press
Pages271-291
Number of pages21
ISBN (Electronic)978-83-233-8494-6
ISBN (Print)978-83-233-3208-4
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2013

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