Foreign policy priorities of the Czech parliamentary parties (following the 2017 elections)

Authors

  • Ella G. Zadorozhnyuk Doctor of Sciences, Head of Department of Contemporary History of Central and Southeastern Europe, Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation , доктор исторических наук, заведующая Отделом современной истории стран Центральной и Юго-Восточной Европы, Институт славяноведения РАН, Москва, Российская Федерация

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31168/2412-6446.2018.1.2.11

Keywords:

Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies, Parliament, foreign policy, European Union, «hard core» of the EU, European integration, flexible integration, multi-vector foreign policy

Abstract

The analysis of sections on the foreign policy of the official programme documents of the Czech parliamentary parties is given. A wide range of preferences has been revealed – from adherence to «a hard core» in the European Union, to calls for reforming the EU and for a referendum on the withdrawal from it. It is noted that the Czech voters are quite pragmatic about the foreign policy orientation of the Czech Republic. This was indicated, in particular, by the results of the presidential elections held in January 2018. The right to occupy the highest state post was granted to Miloš Zeman, who adheres to the concept of the multi-vector foreign policy of the Czech state.

Author Biography

  • Ella G. Zadorozhnyuk, Doctor of Sciences, Head of Department of Contemporary History of Central and Southeastern Europe, Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation, доктор исторических наук, заведующая Отделом современной истории стран Центральной и Юго-Восточной Европы, Институт славяноведения РАН, Москва, Российская Федерация

     

    E-mail: elzador46@mail.ru

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Published

16-07-2018

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1-2 (2018)

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