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Göllner, Ralf Thomas

The Visegrád Group – A Rising Star Post-Brexit? Changing Distribution of Power in the European Council

Göllner, Ralf Thomas (2017) The Visegrád Group – A Rising Star Post-Brexit? Changing Distribution of Power in the European Council. Open Political Science 1 (1), pp. 1-6.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 11 Jul 2017 06:27
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.35867


Abstract

The portmanteau Brexit describes the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) which will cause a shift of power in the European institutions. The departure of one of the largest EU members will affect the voting power of member countries in the European Council significantly. This Council is the central hub of political decision making in the EU, defining the overall ...

The portmanteau Brexit describes the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) which will cause a shift of power in the European institutions. The departure of one of the largest EU members will affect the voting power of member countries in the European Council significantly. This Council is the central hub of political decision making in the EU, defining the overall political direction and priorities and setting the policy agenda for the entirety of the EU. Using the Banzhaf power index, we have measured the voting power before and after the Brexit and analyzed the increasing power of the members of the Visegrád Group compared to other European states. We have found that there is growth in the voting power of all Visegrád states, with Poland experiencing the biggest increase. However, the extent by which the Visegrád Group will profit from this statistically growing power depends on the coordination of their voting behavior in the future.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleOpen Political Science
Publisher:De Gruyter
Volume:1
Number of Issue or Book Chapter:1
Page Range:pp. 1-6
DateJuly 2017
InstitutionsCentral Institutions > Hungaricum - Ungarisches Institut
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10.1515/openps-2017-0001DOI
KeywordsVisegrád countries; European Council; voting power; coalition building; Brexit
Dewey Decimal Classification300 Social sciences > 320 Political science
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-358675
Item ID35867

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