Date: 2020
Type: Working Paper
The politics of differentiated integration : what do governments want? country report – Ireland
Working Paper, EUI RSCAS, 2020/97, Integrating Diversity in the European Union (InDivEU)
TELLE, Stefan, The politics of differentiated integration : what do governments want? country report – Ireland, EUI RSCAS, 2020/97, Integrating Diversity in the European Union (InDivEU) - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/69243
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The report investigates two questions regarding the Irish governmental discourse on differentiated integration (DI). First, how much did Irish governments talk about differentiated integration. Second, what positions did Irish governments take on differentiated integration. The report covers the time period 1990-2019. It distinguishes three conceptual levels: DI models (“multi-speed EU” and “multi-end EU”), DI mechanisms (enhanced co-operation and “opt-outs”), and DI instances (twenty-one differentiated EU policies). It finds that DI is a low salience issue, expect in the context of certain key events (i.e. EU treaty change). Moreover, the positions of Irish governments are highly policy- and context dependent. Over time, a principled negative assessment of “enhanced co-operation” has developed towards a more pragmatic approach, allowing other MS to cooperate in policy-fields where Ireland does not seek closer cooperation.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/69243
ISSN: 1028-3625
Series/Number: EUI RSCAS; 2020/97; Integrating Diversity in the European Union (InDivEU)
Publisher: European University Institute
Keyword(s): Differentiated integration Ireland Two-speed Europe Core Europe Enhanced co-operation Opt-out
Grant number: H2020/822304/EU
Sponsorship and Funder information:
This [report/publication/etc] is part of the InDivEU project which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 822304.
