PEOPLE’S ORİENTATİON IN POLAND TOWARDS THE EUROPEAN UNION

I f the European Union is to achieve its ultimate aim o f becoming a fully-fledged political community (the ideal o f ever closer union)ş it must be supported, alongside legal-institutional advances, by the development o f a common and sufficient orientation tovvards the Union among itsconstituent c...

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Main Author: Hakan Samur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ankara University 2005-01-01
Series:Ankara Avrupa Çalışmaları Dergisi
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1351787
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Summary:I f the European Union is to achieve its ultimate aim o f becoming a fully-fledged political community (the ideal o f ever closer union)ş it must be supported, alongside legal-institutional advances, by the development o f a common and sufficient orientation tovvards the Union among itsconstituent citizens. This article attempts to show if (and what şort of) an orientation had been developed during the pre-membership period o f a new member tate, Poland. The results are not encouragingtovvards the ideal o f political community, and demonstrate the negative and retarding impact o f the recent enlargement o f the Union. Examination o f people’s orientation towards the EU in the pre-membership stage o f Poland seems to have specifically anteresting and useful Information for the reader in Turkey that will start EU membership talks this year after a long period o f wait.
ISSN:1303-2518