EU membership ? a salvation from or a solution for historical struggles? An analysis of the Czech-German and the Slovak-Hungarian relations in the context of the Bene?-decrees
(2007)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- In 2004, the EU welcomed ten new member states. For two of these newcomers, namely the Czech and the Slovak Republic, the accession process did encounter difficulties as they got haunted by their own history. In both states? constitution, there are decrees, issue from the post-war era, including discriminative regulations against minorities. These decrees, commonly called Bene?-decrees, have been criticised for being inconsistent with EC-law and for that reason the EU demanded their abolition before the Czechs and the Slovaks enter the Union. Instead of annulment, both the Check and the Slovak parliament declared the Bene?-decrees as untouchable. In other words, the Decrees will remain as a fundamental part of the constitution, without any... (More)
- In 2004, the EU welcomed ten new member states. For two of these newcomers, namely the Czech and the Slovak Republic, the accession process did encounter difficulties as they got haunted by their own history. In both states? constitution, there are decrees, issue from the post-war era, including discriminative regulations against minorities. These decrees, commonly called Bene?-decrees, have been criticised for being inconsistent with EC-law and for that reason the EU demanded their abolition before the Czechs and the Slovaks enter the Union. Instead of annulment, both the Check and the Slovak parliament declared the Bene?-decrees as untouchable. In other words, the Decrees will remain as a fundamental part of the constitution, without any current legal force.
The Czech and the Slovak resolution has triggered a hectic discussion among the concerned states, such as Germany and Hungary and the pressure increased towards the EU who was considered playing a roll of an arbiter in this sensitive issue. (Less)
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- author
- Vincze, Viktoria
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2007
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- European Union;, integration theory;, enlargement;, Bene?-decrees;, Czech-German and Slovak-Hungarian relations;, minority rights;, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- English
- id
- 1319629
- date added to LUP
- 2008-01-08 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2008-01-30 00:00:00
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abstract = {{In 2004, the EU welcomed ten new member states. For two of these newcomers, namely the Czech and the Slovak Republic, the accession process did encounter difficulties as they got haunted by their own history. In both states? constitution, there are decrees, issue from the post-war era, including discriminative regulations against minorities. These decrees, commonly called Bene?-decrees, have been criticised for being inconsistent with EC-law and for that reason the EU demanded their abolition before the Czechs and the Slovaks enter the Union. Instead of annulment, both the Check and the Slovak parliament declared the Bene?-decrees as untouchable. In other words, the Decrees will remain as a fundamental part of the constitution, without any current legal force.
The Czech and the Slovak resolution has triggered a hectic discussion among the concerned states, such as Germany and Hungary and the pressure increased towards the EU who was considered playing a roll of an arbiter in this sensitive issue.}},
author = {{Vincze, Viktoria}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{EU membership ? a salvation from or a solution for historical struggles? An analysis of the Czech-German and the Slovak-Hungarian relations in the context of the Bene?-decrees}},
year = {{2007}},
}