Coordinative Discourse of Strategic Sovereignty Tilting the European Union’s Institutional Balance

The article studies how a discursive contestation among the EU institutions (the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the European Union) of the concept of "strategic sovereignty" ("strategic autonomy") affects the institutional balance among them. Ins...

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Main Authors: T. A. Romanova, S. V. Mazanik
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Language:English
Published: MGIMO University Press 2022-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/3230
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description The article studies how a discursive contestation among the EU institutions (the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the European Union) of the concept of "strategic sovereignty" ("strategic autonomy") affects the institutional balance among them. Institutional balance is a dynamic process in which institutions challenge each other's authority. This process is conceptualized in the article in terms of discursive neo-institutionalism as a coordinative discourse, which forms, challenges and justifies the idea of “strategic sovereignty”. The article uses the cases of the EU industrial, trade policy, and the common security and defense policy to demonstrate the changing institutional balance.The results of the study show that the main institutional beneficiary of "strategic sovereignty" is the European Commission. Most likely, there will be a strengthening of the Council, which reserves broad powers in crisis management and foreign policy. The position of the Parliament is ambivalent: although the growth of its institutional weight is possible, it will depend both on the Parliament’s own initiatives and on whether the European Commission will succeed at communitarizing new issues and spheres. The findings demonstrate that under crisis, the institutional balance of the EU will continue to tilt in favor of the supranational level of regulation.
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spelling doaj-art-606a0247aa9246a093299e0d4a2983e42025-01-30T12:16:17ZengMGIMO University PressVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta2071-81602541-90992022-11-011557911210.24833/2071-8160-2022-5-86-79-1122492Coordinative Discourse of Strategic Sovereignty Tilting the European Union’s Institutional BalanceT. A. Romanova0S. V. Mazanik1Saint Petersburg State UniversitySaint Petersburg State UniversityThe article studies how a discursive contestation among the EU institutions (the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the European Union) of the concept of "strategic sovereignty" ("strategic autonomy") affects the institutional balance among them. Institutional balance is a dynamic process in which institutions challenge each other's authority. This process is conceptualized in the article in terms of discursive neo-institutionalism as a coordinative discourse, which forms, challenges and justifies the idea of “strategic sovereignty”. The article uses the cases of the EU industrial, trade policy, and the common security and defense policy to demonstrate the changing institutional balance.The results of the study show that the main institutional beneficiary of "strategic sovereignty" is the European Commission. Most likely, there will be a strengthening of the Council, which reserves broad powers in crisis management and foreign policy. The position of the Parliament is ambivalent: although the growth of its institutional weight is possible, it will depend both on the Parliament’s own initiatives and on whether the European Commission will succeed at communitarizing new issues and spheres. The findings demonstrate that under crisis, the institutional balance of the EU will continue to tilt in favor of the supranational level of regulation.https://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/3230european unionstrategic sovereigntyinstitutional balancediscursive neoinstitutionalismopen strategic autonomy
spellingShingle T. A. Romanova
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Coordinative Discourse of Strategic Sovereignty Tilting the European Union’s Institutional Balance
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta
european union
strategic sovereignty
institutional balance
discursive neoinstitutionalism
open strategic autonomy
title Coordinative Discourse of Strategic Sovereignty Tilting the European Union’s Institutional Balance
title_full Coordinative Discourse of Strategic Sovereignty Tilting the European Union’s Institutional Balance
title_fullStr Coordinative Discourse of Strategic Sovereignty Tilting the European Union’s Institutional Balance
title_full_unstemmed Coordinative Discourse of Strategic Sovereignty Tilting the European Union’s Institutional Balance
title_short Coordinative Discourse of Strategic Sovereignty Tilting the European Union’s Institutional Balance
title_sort coordinative discourse of strategic sovereignty tilting the european union s institutional balance
topic european union
strategic sovereignty
institutional balance
discursive neoinstitutionalism
open strategic autonomy
url https://www.vestnik.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/3230
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