Normative power Europe: The case of Hungary

The European Union, which represents a different model of political identity and integration with its fundamental norms such as democracy, the rule of law, and human rights, and is defined as a union of values, has been facing problems in violation of its values by its own member state, Hungary, since 2010. Hence on 12th September, 2018 the European Parliament decided that there was a clear risk that Hungary violated the fundamental values of the union. The fact that such a decision was taken against a member state for the first time in this institution shows the importance of the issue. In this thesis, of which the constructivism constitutes the theoretical framework approach, the concept of "normative power Europe", nurtured from the constructivist approach, and firstly proposed by Ian Manners, based on the claims that the European Union uses its fundamental values as the most significant means in the international politics, will be examined within the context of the case of Hungary. When the process implemented by the Union is examined, it is concluded that it has a normative based approach to this problem. Keywords: The European Union, Constructivism, Normative power Europe, Hungary