Roles and ideologies in foreign policy: the Czech positions on the EU migration crisis

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Table 1. Foreign policy positions.

	Internationalism	Atlanticism	Europeanism	Sovereignism
Democracy Supporter	Global promotion of democracy and human rights arising from the membership in the international society	Global promotion of democracy and human rights in partnership with the USA	Global promotion of democracy and human rights arising from the EU membership	–
Faithful Ally	UN commitments, a good international citizenship, donor of development assistance	NATO as a vital organisation, active support, fulfilment of commitments	EU as a vital organisation, active support, fulfilment of commitments	–
Regional Collaborator	–	Deepening transatlantic links	Deepening European integration	Central European cooperation to achieve national interests
Reformer	Calls for UN reform, criticism of the status quo	Calls for NATO reform, criticism of the status quo	Calls for EU reform, criticism of the status quo	Calls for more sovereignty
Prosperity Builder	Universal regimes serving economic growth	Transatlantic relations serving economic growth	EU membership serving economic growth	Bilateral relations with both democracies and non-democracies serving economic growth

Source: Authors.

Table 2. The foreign policy positions in national elections, 2013 (A) and 2017 (B).

		Roles
		Democracy Supporter		Faithful Ally		Regional Collabor.		Reformer		Prosperity Builder
Party	Ideologies	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B
ODS	Internationalism	+
	Atlanticism			+	+
	Europeanism			+		+	+	+	+++	+	+
	Sovereignism							+	+	+	+
ČSSD	Internationalism	+		+	+
	Atlanticism			+	+
	Europeanism			+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Sovereignism					+	+			+	+
KDU-ČSL	Internationalism	+	+	+	+
	Atlanticism			+	+
	Europeanism			+	+		+	+	+	+	+
	Sovereignism						+			+
TOP 09/ STAN	Internationalism	+	+	+	+
	Atlanticism			+	+
	Europeanism			+	++	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Sovereignism					+	+			+	+
KSČM	Internationalism			+++	++
	Europeanism							+	+
	Sovereignism					+	+	+	+		+
ANO	Internationalism	+	+	+	+
	Atlanticism			+	+	+	+
	Europeanism			+	+	+	+	+	+		+
	Sovereignism					+	+		+	+
ÚPD/ SPD	Europeanism							+		+
	Sovereignism						+	++	++++	+
Pirates	Internationalism				+
	Atlanticism								+
	Europeanism				++				+

An empty entry means the political party did not participate in the elections, or the position is not represented at all; + means the position is represented; ++ means the position is represented in at least 1/3 of all the occurrences; +++ means the position is represented in at least 1/2 of all the occurrences; ++++ means the position is represented in at least 3/4 of all the occurrences.

Source: Authors.

Figure 1. Europeanist faithful ally vs. Europeanist reformer: prime ministers’ speeches (percentages of occurrences).

Source: Authors