Separatism in the United Europe: old problem with a new face

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https://doi.org/10.21564/2414-990x.140.125989

Keywords:

separatism, regionalism, European Union, european integration, membership in the organization

Abstract

The focus of this article is the research of the questions, related to the development of separatism in Europe. The prerequisites for the development of the separatist movement within the European integration are analysed, as well as the forms of its realization. The EU’s role in settling the separatist conflicts of the member states is explained. The author is proving the conclusion that in future, within the United Europe, the demands for self-determination will be reviewed by the European Union’s institutions more and more often. Those events will be happening on the background of the mounting tensions between the EU, its member states and their regions.

Author Biographies

Ivan Vasylovych Yakoviyk, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Doctor of Law, Full Professor of the Department of international law

Marina Georgievna Okladna, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of theory of state and law

Roman Ruslanovich Orlovskyy, Doctor of Law, Full Professor of the Department of international law

magister

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Yakoviyk, I. V., Okladna, M. G., & Orlovskyy, R. R. (2018). Separatism in the United Europe: old problem with a new face. Problems of Legality, (140), 131–143. https://doi.org/10.21564/2414-990x.140.125989

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International law