Paolo Chiocchetti
pchiocchetti.bsky.social
Paolo Chiocchetti
@pchiocchetti.bsky.social
Lecturer and Researcher in British Politics at the Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. British politics, European integration, radical left. Lives in Innsbruck and Berlin. https://www.gbz.hu-berlin.de/staff/dr-paolo-chiocchetti
June 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
June 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Many thanks to: my two co-editors Stefan and Brigid; all the contributors; the wonderful team at WEP (@wepsocial.bsky.social); the DFG (@dfg.de) for the related grant; and the Centre for British Studies of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (@humboldtuni.bsky.social) for the logistical support!
April 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In the tenth article, Maryna Rabinovych show how pre-war external differentiation agreements strengthened Ukraine's resilience under aggression
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EU external differentiated integration as a crisis response tool? Evidence from Ukraine
Emerging scholarship on the EU and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 has predominantly focused on explaining the unprecedented strength of the EU’s response, especially it...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In the ninth article, Meltem Müftüler-Baç reassess the complexities of Turkey's relations with the European Union
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A fragile relationship: Turkey and the European Union moving beyond membership with external differentiated integration
Turkey’s relations with the European Union depend on extensive legal instruments, drivers of interdependence and voluntary compliance to the EU rules. With an Association Agreement dating back to 1...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In the eight article, Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré and Matteo Bonomi explain differentiated integration in the Western Balkans as a 'strategy of system maintenance'
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External differentiation as a strategy of system maintenance: EU enlargement towards the Western Balkans
Despite the stalling of enlargement countries’ accession to the EU, these countries have been recurrently involved in EU policies. There is, however, little knowledge about their participation in E...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In the seventh article, Federico Fabbrini (@deli-dcu.bsky.social) explores the post-Brexit framework of the UK-EU relationship and the legal avenues for a more ambitious relaunch
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EU–UK relations after the war in Ukraine: options to re-engage post Brexit
The article examines the relationship between the UK and the EU after Russia’s aggression of Ukraine, discussing options to deepen cooperation post-Brexit. The article outlines the current framewor...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In the sixth article, Sieglinde Gstöhl reassesses the Swiss approach to differentiated integration, highlighting the importance of governance aspects
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Switzerland’s intricate differentiated integration with the European Union: bringing governance (back) in
For three decades Switzerland has been pursuing an approach of sectoral bilateralism, resulting in an intricate pattern of external differentiated integration with the European Union (EU). This art...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In the fifth article, Kristine Graneng (@kgraneng.bsky.social g.bsky.social) & Lise Rye examine Norwegian politicians' presentations of their 'wriggle room' within the EEA association
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Where to wriggle? Norwegian politicians’ presentations of autonomy within the EEA association
Perceptions of the ‘wriggle room’ within the framework of European integration might have significant implications for both public opinion and policy choices, as exemplified by the Brexit process. ...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In the fourth article, Andreas Dür (@andduer.bsky.social uer.bsky.social) develops a novel LLM-based methodology to measure the textual distance between EU trade agreements and explain their varied degree of legal alignment
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EU trade agreements and external differentiation: a large language model approach
The EU’s trade agreements with third countries exhibit varying degrees of alignment with intra-EU rules. What factors explain this external differentiation? This article answers this question by re...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In the third article, Tobias Schumacher surveys external differentiation in aviation and trade agreements with Mediterranean countries, highlighting the role of domestic factors in promoting or constraining cooperation.
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EU external differentiated integration in aviation and trade: what drives Southern neighbours?
This article contributes to the emergent scholarship on European Union (EU) external differentiated integration (EDI). Zooming in on aviation and trade, two of the most salient sectors of cooperati...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
In the second article, Maria Patrin investigates democratic standards in external differentiation through the case study of the on the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ)
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Democratic standards in external differentiation: the area of freedom, security and justice
The article investigates standards of democracy and accountability in external differentiated integration. It focuses on the area of freedom security and justice as a highly differentiated EU polic...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In the first article, Telle, Chiocchetti & Laffan reassess the concept, theories, and long-term empirical evolution of external differentiation, highlighting an emergent shift toward a logic of geopolitical consolidation.
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External differentiated integration: between stability and change
The external relations of the European Union (EU) are complex. Existing research has handled this complexity by approaching the EU’s external relations from a variety of distinct perspectives. The ...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The special issue, edited by myself (@pchiocchetti.bsky.social), Stefan Telle, and Brigid Laffan, is the outcome of 2 years of research and discussion on external differentiation. It surveys recent developments in the selective integration of 'third countries' in EU laws, policies, and governance
April 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM