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Morality Policies : To what extent can the EU create contingency policies in case of immoral actions by critical trading partners?
Ensing, Simon Thijmen (2025) Morality Policies : To what extent can the EU create contingency policies in case of immoral actions by critical trading partners?
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| Abstract: | “To what extent can the EU create functioning standardized contingency policies for dealing with misconducts by trading partners it is (partially) dependent on?”. This paper attempts to answer this question through a theoretical framework of the “Failing Forward”, Intergovernmentalism, and “Normative Power Europe” theories, by conducting a comparative case study that observes for 13 different cases whether EU response to external immoral actions are: ‘Fragmented or Collective’, ‘Weak or Strong’, and ‘Normative or Material’. Based on a number of Subquestions, these variables, and a cross-examination of the form of EU response and the EU’s perceived security risks, this paper concludes that the EU is highly unlikely to create any form of standardized response. The paper also concludes that while standardized contingency policies are unlikely, the EU could greatly benefit form of contingency policies based on the premise of increased security, both in said security as the internal and external faith in the EU as a functioning world powers and at that one with morals. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 89 political science |
| Programme: | European Studies MSc (69303) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/106622 |
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