Los parlamentos nacionales de la UE y el reconocimiento de Palestina: ¿innovando «de verdad» o «solo» prestando más apoyo?

Stelios Stavridis; Maria Gianniou; Andrea Cofelice

doi:10.14422/cir.i06.y2016.004

Authors

Stelios Stavridis ARAID/Universidad de Zaragoza
Maria Gianniou Athens University of Economics and Business
Andrea Cofelice Centro Studi sul Federalismo, Torino

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14422/cir.i06.y2016.004

Keywords:

EU diplomacy, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestine recognition, parliamentary diplomacy, Spanish Parliament, Italian Parliament, Greek Parliament

Abstract

The European Union´s diplomacy has always given great importance and attention to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One key element in it is the question of the recognition of a Palestinian state. This article analyses this particular issue now that Sweden has recognized such a state, but it does so not only by looking at EU institutions and states: it also covers the reactions of three national parliaments: those of Spain, Italy and Greece. Thus, adding both to the literature on EU diplomacy and to that of parliamentary diplomacy, which is an emerging academic area of research.

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