Journal of European Integration

🔔 Issue 8 of 2024 is now available online! It includes 7 research articles and 1 review article: 🔺 'The European Parliament and Fridays for Future: analysing reactions to a new environmental movement by Europe’s climate policy champion' by Jan Pollex and Lars E. Berker 🔺'It’s (not only) the economy, stupid: examining the European Central Bank’s marginal attention to the human and social implications of austerity during the euro-area crisis through the lens of organizational culture' by Hila Levy 🔺 '#Euroscepticism and anti-establishment parties in Europe' by Aleks Szczerbiak & Paul Taggart 🔺'Cross-border regionalism in the EU and ASEAN: another dimension of the “varieties of #regionalism”' by elisabetta nadalutti & Jürgen Rüland 🔺 'Cyclical #Europeanisation during the COVID-19 crisis' by Waltteri Immonen, Johanna Ketola, & Henri Vogt 🔺'Embedding past, present and future crises: time and the political construction of the Covid-19 pandemic in the EU' by Amandine Crespy, Tom Massart, & Tiago Moreira Ramalho 🔺'Explaining different usages of policy monitoring in the EU' by Pieter Zwaan & Dr. Jonas Schoenefeld 🔺 'The path towards sustainable development in Europe: SDGs, EU institutions, and smart cities' by Claudio Balderacchi & Arianna Piacentini https://lnkd.in/eCvxMHvk

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗨 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴? In Journal of European Integration, Eva Michaels, Robert Kissack, and Óscar Fernández examined national parliamentary debates in 13 EU member states of eight CSDP military deployments underway between 2016 and 2021. It reviews discussions about whether, and why, to send troops on EU missions and operations, and the extent to which these debates differ from expectations in the literature derived from involvement in NATO operations: https://lnkd.in/eR3udJKg The survey includes small states, which have been previously excluded from such analysis. Drawing on a dataset of 411 statements by national parliamentarians from across Europe, the article employs eight discursive frames to understand how MPs articulate their acceptance (or not) of CSDP deployments. We supplement this with detailed data on national troop contributions. We find that CSDP debates in national parliaments resemble those of ‘high-salience’ deployments when considering frame usage and party position. We present limited evidence supporting the claim that small states frame deployment debates similarly to large states.

The radical left in Europe has a long tradition of anti-militarism and anti-imperialism. Yet, when a militarist, authoritarian #Russia invaded #Ukraine in 2022 with thinly veiled neo-colonial ambitions, the radical left in Europe was divided over how to respond. While some jettisoned previous positions of accommodating Russia and came out in support of Ukraine diplomatically and militarily, others blamed #NATO and the West more broadly for provoking Russian aggression. I became interested in what exactly divides the radical left and how such dividing lines correspond with being either close to or far away from Russia and with being more or less radically left and/or progressive. My preliminary answer is now out open access in the Journal of European Integration. I used voting data from the #EuropeanParliament (EP) to identify the positions of 39 radical left Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). MEPs vote not only on entire motions but also on single sentences or even single words, if so requested. For example, a motion on the Russian war against Ukraine condemns Russia’s “illegal, unprovoked and unjustified military aggression”. The Left in the European Parliament had asked to have a separate vote on this sentence without the word “unprovoked”. The minutes then record for all voting MEPs whether they voted in favor, against, or abstained. I focused on 3 resolutions, which yielded more than 100 roll call votes. For everyone interested in the details of MEPs positions, this is a great source! In addition, I talked to radical left MEPs from Cyprus, Spain and Germany to double-check whether my interpretations were correct. My main finding is that support for #sanctions and military aid to Ukraine comes more natural to parties that stand for ‘new politics’ issues such as minority rights and feminism and whose values are thus at a maximum distance from Putin’s authoritarian and traditionalist vision of Russia. Geographical distance to Russia plays only a small role. I really enjoyed working on this article, which included reading about the historical traditions of the radical left, digging up and analysing votes, and talking to MEPs and their staff. Along the way, I received valuable comments from anonymous reviewers as well as from E. Bastiaan Van Apeldoorn, Daphné Charotte, Angelos Chryssogelos, Hylke Dijkstra, Tamas Dudlak, Y. Barış Ertürk, Marius Ghincea, John Hogan, Hortense Jongen, Saliha Metinsoy, Hanspeter Kriesi, Lucas Poy Lopéz, Justin Massie, Patrick A. Mello, Alexandru Moise, Chris Nijhuis, Ioana-Elena Oana, Michal Onderco, Tapio Raunio, Sungmi Shin, Richard Sonneveld, Martina Stankova, Bertjan Verbeek, and Chendi Wang – many thanks for this.

📊 Here is an update on the JEI's progress on Q3 usage figures: 🔸 56656 downloads in Q3 of 2024 ⭐ 🔸 53822 downloads in Q3 of 2023 🔸 49621 downloads in Q3 of 2022 🔸 47318 downloads in Q3 of 2021 Let's see what happens in 2025!

I am thrilled to share my first, single-authored article - now out in the Journal of European Integration! 📊 Building on the work of my PhD dissertation, I show the extent to which EU cross-border regions are (economically, socially, politically) integrated and what explains their degree of integration. 🔗 Open Access, courtesy of the University of Lausanne - UNIL: https://lnkd.in/dwpdrfcW Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF | IEP UNIL - Institut d'études politiques

⏰ Call for Proposals for Special Issues to be published in the Journal of European Integration in 2026   📝 The Journal of European Integration invites proposals for special issues to be published in 2026. Proposals on any topic within the scope of the journal are welcome and need to be received by the journal’s editorial office (jei@luiss.it) by 31 October 2024 ❗ Anyone interested in submitting a proposal is kindly requested to consult the guidelines for prospective guest editors on the journal's website (see https://lnkd.in/dmCbmRGS) and needs to ensure that the proposal contains all the required information. 📩 The journal’s editorial team expects to take a decision shortly afterwards and will inform everyone who submitted a proposal of the outcome at that point. Feel free to contact us at jei@luiss.it with any questions about the procedure or informal inquiries you may have.

Excited to share an insightful article by #CICP researchers Catarina Silva and Laura Ferreira-Pereira (Integrated Member), featured in the Journal of European Integration. This piece explores #EU policy opposition within the post-2008 #European #parliament: scrutinising Eurosceptic political groups in competition. Check it out to deepen your understanding of this critical issue! Centro de Investigação em Ciência Política

🇪🇺 Are you interested in analysing the link between European integration and European social democracy in a period of EU-level crises? 🔴 I am planning to submit a proposal for a special issue to be published in the Journal of European Integration. Please find further information about the proposal below. 📄 If you are interested in contributing to the special issue with a paper, please send me a paper abstract (max. 300 words) via e-mail by 31 October!  📧 uut20@cantab.ac.uk ECPR Standing Group on the European Union (SGEU) European Consortium for Political Research Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament

🔸 #ExpertisesENAP Le professeur Guillaume Beaumier, en collaboration avec Jonas Heering et Abraham Newman de l'Université Georgetown, publie un nouvel article dans le Journal of European Integration. Ses travaux explorent les tenants et aboutissants de la signature d’accord de transfert de données privées avec les États-Unis par la Commission européenne, malgré les pratiques de surveillance controversées de ce pays vivement critiquées par la Cour européenne de justice. Alors que des géants américains comme Meta risquent de devoir suspendre leurs services en Europe sans un nouvel accord, les auteurs mettent en lumière l’une des stratégies de la Commission européenne qui semble chercher à gagner du temps dans l’attente d'une solution plus durable. Si l'on peut croire à une coopération transatlantique harmonieuse, l’article révèle les divergences réelles qui perdurent entre les deux puissances, exposant leurs économies respectives à de potentiels bouleversements. Cet article s'inscrit dans un numéro spécial consacré à la #gouvernance de l'économie #numérique dans l'espace transatlantique. 👉 https://bit.ly/4fzT0Er

Happy to see our new paper out in the Journal of European Integration, on parliamentary acceptability of EU CSDP deployments. An outcome of a long, huge research effort with Robert Kissack and Eva Michaels, 12 RAs, and targeting 13 EU Member States. Read it #OpenAccess here! https://lnkd.in/dvsdHZ6x