Yearbook of Polish European Studies

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THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CHINA IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER

Bogdan Goralczyk

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2009 > 12 > 53-75

'What will the new international order look like after the end of the 'unipolar moment' (coined by Ch. Krauthammer) i.e., the U.S. hegemony which followed the end of the Cold War? The U.S. seems to be losing its dominant position, at least in the economic sphere. What can China, as the most important 'emerging power', contribute to this new (economic) order? And what kind of reaction to China's new...

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OUT OF THE CRISIS - BUT HOW? POST-CRISIS SCENARIOS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH

Alojzy Z. Nowak

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2009 > 12 > 91-104

This text examines the post-crisis scenarios of economic growth. In order to explain the possible variants of future developments, it first provides an account of the crisis and describes the diverse types of state interventions used to control the crisis, and their immediate effects. Next the various possible scenarios of economic growth are considered, taking into account their probabilities, e...

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EU REFORM AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS

Jan Barcz

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2009 > 12 > 13-25

The current financial crisis coincides with a period of deep political and substantive crises in the European Union. Although it is difficult to predict how it will affect the further development of the EU, it has certainly revealed the full range of the challenges which the EU is facing - both in terms of its political system and its policies. On one hand, the crisis has shown that some Member States...

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THE POLISH PRESIDENCY OF 2011 - A CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY

Joanna Skoczek

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2009 > 12 > 165-176

Poland will be the fourth Member State to hold the Presidency under the new Lisbon Treaty, following the Spanish, Belgian, and Hungarian Presidencies. The selection of Polish priorities has to be made consciously, taking into account the subjects of real political interest, level of ambitions, achievements already made, strengths, and also those subjects important for Polish society, in order to generate...

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THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: GENESIS, ESSENCE AND REMEDIES. A LESSON FOR EUROPE

Andrzej S. Wojtowicz

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2009 > 12 > 27-51

This article focuses on the ongoing financial crisis, the worst since the Great Depression, which has led to a global economic recession, mainly resulting from the loss of confidence in financial markets and constraints on the flow of credit. As a result of the financial turmoil, the global economy faces high unemployment, depletion of private savings, bankruptcy of thousands of companies, and shortage...

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A 'SECRET GARDEN' OF CONFORMING INTERPRETATION - EUROPEAN UNION LAW IN POLISH COURTS FIVE YEARS AFTER ACCESSION

Aleksandra Wentkowska

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2009 > 12 > 127-148

The cooperation process between national courts and the European Court of Justice aims at attaining uniformity in the interpretation of Community law. Therefore, Polish courts must first of all accept the necessity of applying norms that do not belong to the national legal system, and moreover, unconditionally accept the method of sympathetic interpretation, which results from the principle of the...

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POLAND'S ROLE IN THE EU COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL IN LIGHT OF ITS POSITION AS A CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN MEMBER STATE

Artur Adamczyk

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2009 > 12 > 177-187

On 1 May 2004 Poland became a member of the key principal organisation of countries of the old continent - the European Union. As the largest of the group of Eastern and Central European countries, it plays an important role in European Union institutional forums. Over time however, Poland's position has become stronger, as revealed in subsequent summits of the European Council, where we endeavoured...

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ARE THERE LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY SPILLOVERS FROM FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT? EVIDENCE FROM THE POLISH MANUFACTURING SECTOR, 1993-2007

Anna Golejewska

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2009 > 12 > 149-162

Using panel data, this paper examines the impact of firms with foreign capital on the labour productivity of domestic firms in Poland. The econometric analysis is based on unpublished firm level data compiled by the Polish Central Statistical Office for 1993-2007. In order to examine productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment in Polish manufacturing the author makes use of the contagion...

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THE POLISH LEGAL SYSTEM FACING THE TREATY OF LISBON - REMARKS

Patrycja Dabrowska

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2009 > 12 > 107-126

This paper gives an overview of the consequences of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon in the Polish legal order. The text begins with a summary of the present legal framework concerning Polish membership in the EU. It proceeds to examine the provisions of the new Treaty which regulate the increased role of national Parliaments and reform of the system for protecting fundamental rights in...

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EUROPEAN UNION'S COHESION AFTER THE ENLARGEMENT: A VIEW FROM CENTRAL EUROPE

Rafal Riedel

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2009 > 12 > 77-90

This paper analyses the European Union's Cohesion Policy under the 2007-2013 budgetary constraints as seen from the perspective of the new - Central European - member states. In the introduction, the author conceptualises the term 'Central Europe' pointing out the highly diverse and relative way of defining it, both in scholarly literature and in political discourse. Due to the fact that the accession...

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HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNION FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURITY POLICY - ANALYSIS OF THE LISBON TREATY PROVISION

Maciej Pleszka

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2010 > 13 > 81-106

The introduction of the Treaty of Lisbon has brought important changes to the architecture of the European Union and its institutions. The institutional balance of the new structure, which abolished the pillars of the EU, and the external representation of the Union have undergone especially deep changes, focused mainly on the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy...

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THE EXTERNAL DIMENSION OF THE EU ENERGY SECURITY

Alena Zieniewicz

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2010 > 13 > 205-239

In the article the Author examines the current natural gas demand and supply of the EU and the possible changes in the near future. The constantly growing natural gas demand and decrease in domestic gas production makes the EU more and more dependent on foreign energy suppliers, particularly, on Russia. Therefore, the external relations of EU with present and potential gas suppliers and transit countries...

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AN IMPOSSIBLE PASODOBLE: THE EU AND BOSNIA TODAY

Agata Dziewulska

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2010 > 13 > 175-194

The EC/EU is involved in Bosnia for almost twenty years now and for the last several tries to take the leading role in stabilising this country. This article studies the instruments the EU developed regarding influencing Bosnia, estimates the extent to which the EU acting is a coordinated effort and explains the origins of such actions. It presents the major obstacles to Bosnia's independent existence...

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EXTERNAL CHALLENGES FOR THE POLISH PRESIDENCY IN THE COUNCIL OF THE EU

Mikolaj Dowgielewicz

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2010 > 13 > 11-18

Preparations for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2011 are one of the priorities of Polish foreign policy. At the same time, the starting point for the choice of priorities of the Presidency will be the development of the European Union agenda. Moreover, the defined priorities should not only reflect the internal economic and social needs of the European Union,...

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THE ROLE OF POLAND IN THE CREATION PROCESS OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP

Artur Adamczyk

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2010 > 13 > 195-204

The 2004 Enlargement of the European Union, involving the accession of 10 states, forced the EU to create a special policy with regard to its new neighbours - the European Neighbourhood Policy. This initiative encouraged the neighbours of the integrated Europe to introduce political and economic reforms aimed at strengthening democracy and free market. For four years, the ENP has not yielded the expected...

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EUROPEAN UNION'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MORE CONSISTENCY?

Nanar Hadeshian

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2010 > 13 > 107-127

This article analyses the innovations introduced by the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to the Common Foreign and Security Policy. The article first examines the structure of the European Union's external relations after the Treaty of Lisbon. Secondly it analyses two of the most important innovations, namely, the new position of High Representative...

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EU-CHINA TRADE DISPUTES IN THE WTO: LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD

Zhixiong Huang

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2010 > 13 > 41-57

Based on an overview of EU-China trade relations in the past 30 years, this article analyses the current status of EU-China trade disputes in the WTO, as well as its implications for the future. Since China joined the WTO in 2001, the EU and China have used the dispute settlement system of the WTO to solve bilateral trade disputes on several occasions. Although the numbers in that regard are not yet...

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IMPLICATIONS OF THE ECJ 'LUGANO II' OPINION FOR EUROPEAN UNION'S EXTERNAL ACTIONS CONCERNING PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

Monika Niedzwiedz, Piotr Mostowik

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2010 > 13 > 129-148

The remarkable 'Lugano II' opinion, given by the Court of Justice of the European Union in 2006 (case 1/03), has had the implications going far beyond the specific matter it decided, namely the competence of the EC to conclude the second Lugano Convention. Following 'Lugano II' numerous international agreements have been concluded with direct or indirect reference to the Court's opinion as justification...

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DEVELOPMENT POLICY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF EU EXTERNAL POLICY

Kamil Zajaczkowski

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2010 > 13 > 241-262

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the essence of the European Union's development policy in the interdisciplinary perspective. To this end, it examines the legal and factual circumstances and determinants of this policy. It scrutinizes the principles and functioning of the EU development policy as well as its challenges and obstacles. In the context of changes taking place at the dawn of the...

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THE ROLE OF CHINA IN A GLOBALISED WORLD

Bogdan Goralczyk

Yearbook of Polish European Studies > 2010 > 13 > 59-79

This article is a political, not economic, analysis. The author attempts to look at the effects of the latest economic crisis from an external point of view and tries to answer the elementary question – what effects has the collapse of the world markets after September 2008 had on the global political arena. Have there been any deeper changes of values, and if so, what do they consist of? The leitmotif...

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Yearbook of Polish European Studies

THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CHINA IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER

OUT OF THE CRISIS - BUT HOW? POST-CRISIS SCENARIOS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH

EU REFORM AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS

THE POLISH PRESIDENCY OF 2011 - A CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY

THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: GENESIS, ESSENCE AND REMEDIES. A LESSON FOR EUROPE

A 'SECRET GARDEN' OF CONFORMING INTERPRETATION - EUROPEAN UNION LAW IN POLISH COURTS FIVE YEARS AFTER ACCESSION

POLAND'S ROLE IN THE EU COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL IN LIGHT OF ITS POSITION AS A CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN MEMBER STATE

ARE THERE LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY SPILLOVERS FROM FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT? EVIDENCE FROM THE POLISH MANUFACTURING SECTOR, 1993-2007

THE POLISH LEGAL SYSTEM FACING THE TREATY OF LISBON - REMARKS

EUROPEAN UNION'S COHESION AFTER THE ENLARGEMENT: A VIEW FROM CENTRAL EUROPE

HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNION FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURITY POLICY - ANALYSIS OF THE LISBON TREATY PROVISION

THE EXTERNAL DIMENSION OF THE EU ENERGY SECURITY

AN IMPOSSIBLE PASODOBLE: THE EU AND BOSNIA TODAY

EXTERNAL CHALLENGES FOR THE POLISH PRESIDENCY IN THE COUNCIL OF THE EU

THE ROLE OF POLAND IN THE CREATION PROCESS OF THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP

EUROPEAN UNION'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MORE CONSISTENCY?

EU-CHINA TRADE DISPUTES IN THE WTO: LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD

IMPLICATIONS OF THE ECJ 'LUGANO II' OPINION FOR EUROPEAN UNION'S EXTERNAL ACTIONS CONCERNING PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

DEVELOPMENT POLICY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF EU EXTERNAL POLICY

THE ROLE OF CHINA IN A GLOBALISED WORLD

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