Strategising solidarity: an examination of the Visegrád group’s role and motivations in EU migration policies
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T1 - Strategising solidarity
T2 - an examination of the Visegrád group’s role and motivations in EU migration policies
AU - Vaagland, Karin
AU - Zaun, Natascha
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2024/7/27
Y1 - 2024/7/27
N2 - The V4’s opposition to common internal migration policies has often been explained through their lack of affectedness by migration and their anti-immigrant publics. Yet, the V4 have taken a key role in external EU migration policies and become the third largest donor under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa. Through this theory testing case study, we argue that international standing and reputation, as well as an attempt to remain both responsive to their electorates and responsible towards their European partners, were key motivations in adopting this role. Our evidence suggests that the V4 supported external and border policies to demonstrate cooperativeness and responsibility to those European partners who had previously criticised their lack of solidarity. They did so in the external dimension, as this area was much less salient for their domestic audiences, allowing them to also remain responsive to domestic voters as well.
AB - The V4’s opposition to common internal migration policies has often been explained through their lack of affectedness by migration and their anti-immigrant publics. Yet, the V4 have taken a key role in external EU migration policies and become the third largest donor under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa. Through this theory testing case study, we argue that international standing and reputation, as well as an attempt to remain both responsive to their electorates and responsible towards their European partners, were key motivations in adopting this role. Our evidence suggests that the V4 supported external and border policies to demonstrate cooperativeness and responsibility to those European partners who had previously criticised their lack of solidarity. They did so in the external dimension, as this area was much less salient for their domestic audiences, allowing them to also remain responsive to domestic voters as well.
KW - EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa
KW - migration policy
KW - populism
KW - reputation
KW - responsibility
KW - responsiveness
KW - Visegrád
KW - Law
KW - Politics
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/2b1c955e-22e2-309f-9ea3-64abb64a6e90/
U2 - 10.1080/07036337.2024.2383954
DO - 10.1080/07036337.2024.2383954
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85200057201
JO - Journal of European Integration
JF - Journal of European Integration
SN - 0703-6337
ER -