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MagdalenaGóra,KatarzynaZielińska
TheimpactofthememberstatesontheshapeoftheforeignEuropeanpolicyis
alsoacentralthemeofthearticlebyNathanielCopseyandKarolinaPomorska.The
authorsattempttoassesstheabilityofamemberstatetoexercisepowerandinflu-
enceontheEU.ThearticlepresentsacasestudyfocusingonPoland’sattemptsto
shapetheEuropeanNeighbourhoodPolicy.Thepowerandinfluenceofacountry
intheEuropeanUnionisoperationalisedbyassessingthecountry’sperformancein
differentdimensions–intensityofpoliticpreference,skillofalliancebuilding,ad-
ministrativecapacity,persuasiveadvocacyandreceptivenessofothermemberstates.
TheassessmentofthePolishpowerandinfluenceontheEUinthecontextofthe
EuropeanNeighbourhoodPolicyprovedittobeinsignificant.
ThelasttextincludedinthispartofthebookisanarticlebyMartinDangerfield
presentingthechangingroleoftheVisegradGroup.Thissubregionalgroup,consist-
ingofinitiallythreecountries(Czechoslovakia,PolandandHungary)andlaterfour
(CzechRepublic,Slovakia,PolandandHungary),wascreatedwithanaimtofacili-
tatetheEUaccessionforitsmemberstates.Thearticlegivesabriefaccountofthis
stageofthegroup’sdevelopment,focusingmoreonthequestionabouttheroleofthe
groupinthepost-accessionperiodintheenlargedEurope.
Thecollectionwaspreparedaspartofthewiderproject"Europeanisationand
GovernanceinCentralandEasternEurope”ledbytheCentreforEuropeanStudies
oftheJagiellonianUniversityincooperationwithARENACentreforEuropean
StudiesattheUniversityofOslo.Theprojectwascompletedwithsupportgranted
byIceland,LiechtensteinandNorwaybymeansofco-financingfromtheEuropean
EconomicAreaFinancialMechanismandtheNorwegianFinancialMechanismas
partoftheScholarshipandTrainingFundfrom2008to2011.Onthisoccasionwe
wouldliketothankourpartnersfromARENACentreforEuropeanStudiesfortheir
involvementandsupportateachstageoftheprojectandforcontributiontothis
volume.WewouldliketoexpressourspecialgratitudetoProfessorHans-JörgTrenz,
whocoordinatedourcooperationonbehalfofARENA.Wewouldalsoliketothank
ourcolleaguesattheCentreforEuropeanStudiesoftheJagiellonianUniversity–
ProfessorZdzisławMachforhisoverallacademicsupport,BeataCzajkowskaand
OlgaBrzezińskafortheirideasandsupportintheinitialstageoftheproject,Sylwia
Borykaforheradministrativesupportthroughout,andBenKoschalkaforhisedito-
rialworkandrigidcontroloverthelinguisticsideofthepublication.Thiscollection
wouldnothavebeenbepossiblewithoutthepermissionfromjournalsandauthorsto
reprinttheirworks.Wewouldthereforealsoliketothankthemfortheiragreement
forthearticlestobereproducedinthiscollection.
References
Börzel,Tanja,Sedelmeier,Ulrich(2006).TheEUDimensioninEuropeanPolitics.In:Hey-
wood,PaulM.,Jones,Erik,Rhodes,MartinandSedelmeier,Ulrich(eds.).Developments
inEuropeanPolitics.Basingstoke:PalgraveMacmillan.