Shaping of Czech Debate on the Euro: Position of Václav Klaus in 1999–2002 Period
The European Union (EU) has been changing since the start of the economic crisis in 2008. Many previously uncontested issues – among them the euro - have been challenged. As a result of these developments, attitudes usually labelled as Euroscepticism have become more accepted as a part of the polit...
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| description | The European Union (EU) has been changing since the start of the economic crisis in 2008. Many previously uncontested issues – among them the euro - have been
challenged. As a result of these developments, attitudes usually labelled as Euroscepticism have become more accepted as a part of the political mainstream. This article tries to identify – on the basis of the analysis of the euro discourse of Václav Klaus, former Czech president and prominent Eurosceptic – whether the current critical atmosphere in the EU can be explained through assumptions of theoretically defined soft and hard Euroscepticism and can be thus seen as a manifestation of Euroscepticism. The article concludes that even if the euro discourse of Václav Klaus contains both elements of soft and hard Euroscepticism, an important level of expertise critique towards the euro that can be found in Klaus’ discourse can not be explained by Euroscepticism. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d5841172b2804a31a1e2e6d2088583222025-08-20T03:29:27ZengEuropean Institute of RomaniaRomanian Journal of European Affairs1582-82711841-42732014-06-011424262Shaping of Czech Debate on the Euro: Position of Václav Klaus in 1999–2002 PeriodPetr Kaniok0Vít Hloušek1Senior research fellow at the International Institute of Political Science and assistant professor at the Department of International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech RepublicHead of the International Institute of Political Science and associate professor at the Department of International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech RepublicThe European Union (EU) has been changing since the start of the economic crisis in 2008. Many previously uncontested issues – among them the euro - have been challenged. As a result of these developments, attitudes usually labelled as Euroscepticism have become more accepted as a part of the political mainstream. This article tries to identify – on the basis of the analysis of the euro discourse of Václav Klaus, former Czech president and prominent Eurosceptic – whether the current critical atmosphere in the EU can be explained through assumptions of theoretically defined soft and hard Euroscepticism and can be thus seen as a manifestation of Euroscepticism. The article concludes that even if the euro discourse of Václav Klaus contains both elements of soft and hard Euroscepticism, an important level of expertise critique towards the euro that can be found in Klaus’ discourse can not be explained by Euroscepticism. https://rjea.ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/articole/RJEA_2014_vol14_no2_art3.pdfváclav klausthe euroeuroscepticismdiscursive analysisczech republic |
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| title | Shaping of Czech Debate on the Euro: Position of Václav Klaus in 1999–2002 Period |
| title_full | Shaping of Czech Debate on the Euro: Position of Václav Klaus in 1999–2002 Period |
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| title_short | Shaping of Czech Debate on the Euro: Position of Václav Klaus in 1999–2002 Period |
| title_sort | shaping of czech debate on the euro position of vaclav klaus in 1999 2002 period |
| topic | václav klaus the euro euroscepticism discursive analysis czech republic |
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