BZB no. 30 - With or without Union. Polish environmental NGOs'attitude towards European integration

Wersja polska

WITH OR WITHOUT UNION
- POLISH ENVIRONMENTAL NGOs'ATTITUDE
TOWARDS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Tomasz Perkowski

September 1998

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• List of Abbreviations
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Background information
  • 2.1. European environmental policy
    • 2.1.1. History of European environmental policy
    • 2.1.2. Current European environmental policy
  • 2.2. The environmental problems in the EU - an NGO's perspective
    • 2.2.1. Economic growth or sustainable development - controversy over the driving force of European integration.
    • 2.2.2. Common Agricultural Policy and the environment
    • 2.2.3. Democracy in the European Union
  • 2.3. Polish environmental policy and the European Union
    • 2.3.1. Basic information on the Polish environmental policy
    • 2.3.2. Compatibility of Polish environmental policy with the European legislation
    • 2.3.3. Requirements of harmonisation in chosen sectors of economy and its potential influence on the state of environment.
    • 2.3.4. Cost of accession
  • 2.4. The history and role of environmental NGOs in Polish society
    • 2.4.1. Short characteristics of the third sector
    • 2.4.2. Basic information on the environmental organisations in Poland
    • 2.4.3. Present situation and challenges facing the environmental NGOs in Poland
• 3. Methodology
• 4. Results of the survey
  • 4.1. Characteristics of the surveyed organisations
  • 4.2. Opinions on Polish accession to the EU
    • 4.2.1. Support for the accession
    • 4.2.2. Reasons for the accession
    • 4.2.3. Significance of the environmental issues during negotiations
    • 4.2.4. Positive and negative aspects of accession from environmental point of view
      • 4.2.4.1. Agriculture
      • 4.2.4.2. Industry
      • 4.2.4.3. Life style and social awareness
      • 4.2.4.4. Economy
      • 4.2.4.5. Environmental law
      • 4.2.4.6. General
  • 4.3. NGOs' knowledge on the European Union.
    • 4.3.1. Interest in the process of integration
    • 4.3.2. Sources of information
  • 4.4. Possible scenarios of EU development
  • 4.5. Short characteristics of the attitudes towards the accession
• 5. Discussion
  • 5.1. Introduction - a position of the EU in the world political system
    • 5.1.1. Historical role of the EU
    • 5.1.2. Challenges facing the EU in the modern world
    • 5.1.3. Influence of the enlargement on the EU
  • 5.2. The NGOs opinion on the EU
    • 5.2.1. Europe's future from the NGOs perspective
    • 5.2.2. Importance of the public participation
    • 5.2.3 Enlargement and the environment
      • 5.2.3.1. Transport sector
      • 5.2.3.2. Common market
      • 5.2.3.3. Harmonisation of the environmental standards
      • 5.2.3.4. Common Agricultural Policy
      • 5.2.3.5. Financial assistance
      • 5.2.3.6. Relationships with the non-EU countries
• 6. Conclusions
• List of references
• Appendices
  1. Questionnaire on attitude of environmental NGOs towards the European integration (English version)
  2. Questionnaire on attitude of environmental NGOs towards the European integration (Polish version)
  3. List of surveyed organisations