The European Parliament's Political Leadership
The Case Study of EU Foreign Policy towards Turkey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7876532 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elena Baracani (0000-0002-3244-6686, Department of Political and Social Sciences University of Bologna Bologna Italy, corresponding author), Lorenzo Santini (0000-0001-8110-6461, Department of Political Science Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS) Rome Italy) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1377-1393 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jcms.13469 |
| OpenAlex | W4322630010 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 42 |
This article presents an empirical analysis of how the European Parliament's eighth legislature mobilised to shape European Union (EU) foreign policy towards Turkey during the refugee crisis. On a conceptual and methodological level, we propose an analytical framework based on the mechanism of political leadership to trace the EP's role in two specific areas of EU foreign policy towards Turkey: enlargement and cooperation on migration. We argue that EP foreign policy resources allow it to play a political leadership role in this policy domain. Empirically, the analysis feeds into the claim of New Institutional Leadership since it reveals that the informal governance at the time of the refugee crisis favoured the mobilisation of the EP, mainly to protect its institutional prerogatives. The analysis also shows that the EP adopted a contradictory approach to EU foreign policy towards Turkey that affected the Parliament's reputation as the guardian of EU values
Corporate governance · Economics · European union · Foreign policy · Foreign policy analysis · Guardian · International economics · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Energy Security and Policy · Law · Public Administration · Turkey's Politics and Society
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |