Discursive europeanisation

Abstract

Building on the premise that domestic actors (be they governmental or nongovernmental) fine-tune the process of Europeanising WFLR policies, this chapter investigates the German and Turkish actors involved in their countries’ Europeanisation processes. More precisely, the discussion within this chapter focuses on the views of domestic actors towards Europeanising the WFLR model, as well as the framing of WFLR Europeanisation in domestic actors’ language, which resonates with the aims of discursive Europeanisation. As mentioned in Chapter 2, discursive Europeanisation focuses on the reasons behind domestic actors’ decisions to act as catalysts or antagonists throughout the process (Diez et al., 2005; Ketola, 2013). It tries to understand the ways in which domestic actors perceive the idea of Europeanising their domestic WFLR legislation. This chapter begins by identifying the domestic actors relevant to WFLR policy-making in each country. Here, relevant actors are categorised as catalysts and antagonists on the basis of their positions throughout the process. After classifying the catalysts and the antagonists, the chapter proceeds to explore how they have perceived the Europeanisation of WFLR policies and to what extent they have reflected it in their discourses. Finally, the chapter concludes by discussing the level of internalisation of EU norms and values regarding WFLR by the domestic actors.