ECONOMICS OF THE EUROPEAN SECESSION

Authors

LIPOVSKÁ Hana

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference 9th INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE FOR Ph.D. STUDENTS AND YOUNG SCIENTISTS
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Citation
Web http://www.opf.slu.cz/uds/konference/sbornik16/proc.html
Field Economy
Keywords Eurobarometer; European integration; Secession; Separatist parties and movements; Structural funds
Description Even deeper European integration in the EU is during the last decade accompanied by the decentralisation pressures in the several European regions. Successful secessionist and separatist parties and movements arise not only in Catalonia, Scotland and Flanders, but also in the French, Italian or Scandinavian regions. In this paper we analyse the relationship of secessionist regions to the European integration regarding the EU funding, citizen’s attitudes toward the EU and its institutions as well as the European orientation of the main secessionist parties and movements. For the aim of this analysis we used data from the Eurobarometer survey, European Commission’s structural funds dataset as well as the political programs of the secessionist parties. The results show that despite being often seen as nationalist, the secessionist movements are also strongly pro-European because of the crucial rule of the economic integration within the EU for the economy of the secessionist regions.
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