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Paolo Chiocchetti
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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
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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Apr 3
📣New publication!
Happy to announce a special issue of West European Politics (@wepsocial.bsky.social) on "External differentiation: a new trajectory after Brexit and Ukraine?".
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fwep20/4...
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West European Politics
External Differentiation: A New Trajectory after Brexit and Ukraine? Guest Editors: Paolo Chiocchetti, Stefan Telle and Brigid Laffan. Volume 48, Issue 5 of West European Politics
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Luca Augé @lucaauge.bsky.social · 13d
Now out in #RFCB, my article about the growing dissatisfaction of Conservative MPs before the 2024 General Election... Useful to understand the weekly defections to Reform UK and public discontent with the course of the party by senior party officials!

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From Hope to Disarray: The Parliamentary Conservative Party’s Road ...
Introduction The 2019 General Election in the United Kingdom produced a remarkable result for the Conservative Party. It won 365 out of 650 seats and around 44% of votes, which represented its high...
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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · 14d
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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · 14d
Paolo Chiocchetti, “British Eurosceptic voters before and after Brexit”, Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique [Online], XXX-3 | 2025
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British Eurosceptic voters before and after Brexit
Introduction A decade ago, Brexit emerged as the most salient, divisive, and transformative issue in British politics. Having gathered strength since the early 1990s both within the Conservative pa...
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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 29d
OK, a🧵: Our new paper studies workers' political consciousness in times of class demobilization.

We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.

Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Jun 14
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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Jun 13
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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Jun 13
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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Jun 13
📣 Vising fellowship for early-career researchers at our Centre for British Studies in Berlin (6 months, €5,000). Political scientists welcome!
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Toby S. James @tobysjames.bsky.social · Apr 11
Coming soon with @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social...

British Labour Leaders: www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/britis...

British Conservative Leaders: www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/britis...
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WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · Apr 7
💥OUT NOW!

Volume 48, Issue 5 (2025). The Special Issue "External Differentiation: A New Trajectory after Brexit and Ukraine?"

Edited by @pchiocchetti.bsky.social Stefan Telle & @brigidlaffan.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/toc/fwep20/c...
Cover of the journal West European Politics.
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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Apr 3
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!
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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Apr 3
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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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Apr 3
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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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Apr 3
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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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Apr 3
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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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Apr 3
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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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Apr 3
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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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Apr 3
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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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Apr 3
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.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Apr 3
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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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Apr 3
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.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Apr 3
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
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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Apr 3
📣New publication!
Happy to announce a special issue of West European Politics (@wepsocial.bsky.social) on "External differentiation: a new trajectory after Brexit and Ukraine?".
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fwep20/4...
A thread.
West European Politics
External Differentiation: A New Trajectory after Brexit and Ukraine? Guest Editors: Paolo Chiocchetti, Stefan Telle and Brigid Laffan. Volume 48, Issue 5 of West European Politics
www.tandfonline.com
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Paolo Chiocchetti @pchiocchetti.bsky.social · Mar 5
Tiefgehende Einschnitte - Großbritannien fünf Jahre nach dem Brexit (Gerhard Dannemann und Paolo Chiocchetti)
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Netzwerk Nachhaltige Wissenschaft @nnwiss.bsky.social · Feb 20
Wir machen uns Sorgen um die Freiheit von Forschung und Lehre in Deutschland und geben den Wähler*innen vor Sonntag noch mal ein paar Fakten mit. Wählt weise, wir haben viel zu verlieren! netzwerk-nachhaltige-wissenschaft.de?p=503
NNW-Stellungnahme zur Wissenschaftsfreiheit – Netzwerk Nachhaltige Wissenschaft
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