Populist challenges to EU foreign policy in the Southern Neighbourhood: an informal and illiberal Europeanisation?

Populist parties in government, such as Lega and Fidesz, have a declared interest in European Union (EU) foreign policy in the Southern Neighbourhood. Their main focus is on migration control, border management and security issues for these countries. It is thus relevant to investigate to what exten...

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Autor: Rivera Escartin, Adrià
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
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https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2020.1712459
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:EU foreign policy
European Neighbourhood Policy
Europeanisation
populism
Hungary
Italy
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spelling Populist challenges to EU foreign policy in the Southern Neighbourhood: an informal and illiberal Europeanisation?Rivera Escartin, AdriàEU foreign policyEuropean Neighbourhood PolicyEuropeanisationpopulismHungaryItalyPopulist parties in government, such as Lega and Fidesz, have a declared interest in European Union (EU) foreign policy in the Southern Neighbourhood. Their main focus is on migration control, border management and security issues for these countries. It is thus relevant to investigate to what extent populism is shaping the development of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) as it evolves from a normative-based policy towards a much more ‘interest-based’ policy. This article will examine the implications of Italian and Hungarian populist pressure on the ENP in third country contexts, using Tunisia and Egypt as in-depth case studies. The article also aims to contribute conceptually to current debates on the de-Europeanisation -or not- of EU foreign policy. The two cases illustrate how, under the influence of member states with populist radical right parties (PRRPs) in government, informal and illiberal Europeanisation is not a contradiction in terms but a real possibility.Taylor and Francis Group202420242020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10609/151650https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2020.1712459reponame:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOCinstname:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)InglésJournal of European Public Policy, 2020, 27(8)https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2020.1712459info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN/2017/FPU17CC BY-NChttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/1516502026-05-28T12:42:01Z
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title Populist challenges to EU foreign policy in the Southern Neighbourhood: an informal and illiberal Europeanisation?
spellingShingle Populist challenges to EU foreign policy in the Southern Neighbourhood: an informal and illiberal Europeanisation?
Rivera Escartin, Adrià
EU foreign policy
European Neighbourhood Policy
Europeanisation
populism
Hungary
Italy
title_short Populist challenges to EU foreign policy in the Southern Neighbourhood: an informal and illiberal Europeanisation?
title_full Populist challenges to EU foreign policy in the Southern Neighbourhood: an informal and illiberal Europeanisation?
title_fullStr Populist challenges to EU foreign policy in the Southern Neighbourhood: an informal and illiberal Europeanisation?
title_full_unstemmed Populist challenges to EU foreign policy in the Southern Neighbourhood: an informal and illiberal Europeanisation?
title_sort Populist challenges to EU foreign policy in the Southern Neighbourhood: an informal and illiberal Europeanisation?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rivera Escartin, Adrià
author Rivera Escartin, Adrià
author_facet Rivera Escartin, Adrià
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv EU foreign policy
European Neighbourhood Policy
Europeanisation
populism
Hungary
Italy
topic EU foreign policy
European Neighbourhood Policy
Europeanisation
populism
Hungary
Italy
description Populist parties in government, such as Lega and Fidesz, have a declared interest in European Union (EU) foreign policy in the Southern Neighbourhood. Their main focus is on migration control, border management and security issues for these countries. It is thus relevant to investigate to what extent populism is shaping the development of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) as it evolves from a normative-based policy towards a much more ‘interest-based’ policy. This article will examine the implications of Italian and Hungarian populist pressure on the ENP in third country contexts, using Tunisia and Egypt as in-depth case studies. The article also aims to contribute conceptually to current debates on the de-Europeanisation -or not- of EU foreign policy. The two cases illustrate how, under the influence of member states with populist radical right parties (PRRPs) in government, informal and illiberal Europeanisation is not a contradiction in terms but a real possibility.
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