Evropské federace zájmových skupin: příležitost pro socioekonomické skupiny z nových členských zemí

Warning

This publication doesn't include Faculty of Sports Studies. It includes Faculty of Social Studies. Official publication website can be found on muni.cz.

Title in English	European Federations of Interest Groups: Opportunity for Economic Groups from the New Member States
Authors	VALTEROVÁ Aneta
Year of publication	2007
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Sociální studia
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Social Studies
Citation
Field	Political sciences
Keywords	Interest groups; Central and Eastern Europe; European federations; Eurogroups
Description	European integration and the ever increasing importance of the supranational level of European decision-making bring about significant changes of the interest groups working environment. One of the ways of dealing with these changes is associating into European-level federations of interest groups. The aim of this article is an analyses of possible advantages and opportunities which European federations of economic groups (that is trade unions and employers groups) offer to their members. First, the advantages of joining a European federation (Eurogroup) in general will be discussed. Second, the specifics of economic organization, especially in relation to their role of European social partners will be discussed. Special attention will be paid to the role and positions of interest groups from the new member countries from Central and Eastern Europe.
Related projects:	Political Parties and The Representation of Interests in Contemporary European Democracies