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Diss. Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2007.

La présente thèse porte sur l’adhésion de la République du Kosovo à l’Union européenne. Cette étude sert d'une analyse comparative sur le cas de la République du Kosovo et les autres pays de Balkans occidentaux dans le processus de l’adhésion à l’Union européenne (La Croatie, la Bosnie-Herzégovine, la Serbie, l’Albanie, le Monténégro et la Macédoine). Cet analyse confronte la question pour quoi la République du Kosovo est le denier (derrière) pays dans ce processus par rapport aux autres pays des Balkans Occidentaux d’un côté, et la question ce que la République du Kosovo doit faire afin d’attraper ces pays dans le processus d’intégration européenne de l’autre côté. Le lecteur va apprendre pour quoi l’avancement de la République du Kosovo dans ce processus dépendre largement de l’approche de l’UE vers la République du Kosovo? Qu’est ce que les institutions de la République du Kosovo ont déjà fait pour avancer ce processus et ce qu’elles doivent faire en avenir? En conclusion, la thèse détermine que la perspective européenne pour la République du Kosovo est centaine mais le moment de son adhésion dépendra de l’accomplissement des critères d’adhésion à l’UE de la part des institutions kosovares d’un côté, et de l’intérêt ou l’engagement de l’UE pour l’adhésion de ce pays à ses structure de l’autre côté. En ce qui concerne l’intérêt ou l’engagement de l’UE, il est argumenté qu’elle doit s’engager sérieusement pour convaincre ses cinq pays membres (la Grèce, la Roumanie, la Slovaquie, l‘Espagne, et la Chypre) qui n’ont pas encore reconnu l’indépendance de la République du Kosovo de le faire plus vite que possible comme ce défit bloque les étape de son adhésion. / This thesis focuses on the accession of the Republic of Kosovo to the European Union. This study serves as a comparative analysis on case of the Republic of Kosovo and others countries of Western Balkans in the process of accession to the European Union (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro and Macedonia). This analysis confronts the question why the Republic of Kosovo is lacking behind on this process in comparison to the other countries of the Western Balkans on the one side, and the question what should the Republic of Kosovo do in order to catch these countries in this process on the other side. The reader will learn why the advancement of the Republic of Kosovo in the process depends largely on the approach of the European Union towards the Republic of Kosovo? And, What Kosovo institutions have already done to advance this process and what they have to do in future in this aspect? In conclusion, the thesis determines that the European perspective for the Republic of Kosovo is unquestionable but the moment of its accession to the European Union depends on the completion of EU accession criteria by the Kosovo institutions on the one side, and interest or commitment of the European Union for the accession of this country to its structure on the other side. Regarding the interest or commitment of the European Union, it is argued that European Union must be engaged seriously to convince its five member states (Greece, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, and Cyprus) which have not yet recognized the independence of the Republic of Kosovo to do so, as soon as possible, as this blocks each phase of its accession.

This thesis analyses economic and political situation of France and its position during the evolution of the European integration process. The first chapter focuses on the role of France in the European integration process from its beginnings to the present. The second chapter discusses the current position of France in the EU and its attitude to reforms which address the issue of the euro zone debt crisis. The third chapter concentrates on the macroeconomic analysis of France from the perspective of the most important macroeconomic indicators and it also compares France with other EU countries.

This diploma thesis examines the Europeanization of selected Czech non-governmental organizations that are dealing with integration policy. The issue of non-state actors and their Europeanisation requires special attention in view of the fact that it is linked to the participation of civil society in the European area, which offers non-governmental organizations new opportunities and resources that can further shape them. The thesis examines Europeanization in three types of cooperation - in financial resources, the involvement of organizations in European networks and in expert resources. The core of this research was the question of the extent to which we can talk about the Europeanization of financial resources and/or the internationalization of expertise among the surveyed actors. At both of these levels, the European Union has proved to be an important source of funding as well as a political arena where new ties can be established between like-minded actors. However, contrary to the financial cooperation, cooperation in sharing expertise was not found in all organizations that were examined. The internationalization of expertise, and thus the sharing of information and know-how between Czech and European organizations, is more widespread among those entities that deal with European affairs...

The political economy transformations of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe have received a great deal of attention over the past decade. The focus of much research has been to examine the internal national reorientations of the countries with regard to the changes in political and economic conditions. The importance of the international reorientation of these countries toward Western Europe in general and the European Union in particular has been generally overlooked. This dissertation examines public opinion on the political and economic transformations within the framework of the direction of the international reorientations of the countries. The countries were divided into three categories, those that can be expected to be invited to join the European Union in the next enlargement, those that can be expected to join the European Union in a subsequent enlargement, and the countries not seeking European Union membership. Public opinion on democracy and the market economy and attitudinal factors that influence these opinions are compared in 16 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The data are from the Central and East European Barometers 3-7 (1992 - 1996). The findings suggest that general opinions regarding satisfaction with democracy are not related to the status of the country seeking membership in the European Union while support from the market economy does differ. When examining attitudinal factors that are related to satisfaction with democracy and support for the market economy, differences emerged between the three categories of countries. These findings suggest that public opinion is in part shaped by the international orientations of the country and that changes in public opinion are important in understanding the political and economic transformation processes.