Shadowboxing in silence: balancing with European Semester guidelines in national parliamentary debates on economic policies

Figures & data

Table 1. Discursive strategies to balance double legitimacy.

Enforcing national integrity		Enforcing the union
Finland	Discursive evasionObscuring the origin of policies	EU as the given economic frame of reference
		Pragmatic compliance
	Discreet compliance with the guidelines
	THREAT of losing credit rating
Spain	Discursive evasionObscuring the origin of policies	Enhancing solidarity toward the EU
		Instrumental reasoning for commitment
	Discreet compliance with the guidelines
	THREAT of losing financial support
France	Explicit referencesUpgrading own status,downgrading hierarchy	Distinguished role within the EU
		Pledging loyalty to the EU as an active initiator ofthe policy tool
	Explicit commitment to the policy tool, modeling for other countries
	THREAT of losing credibility as a collaborator

Data availability statement

All the material analyzed in the article is public and easily accessible through the national parliamentary online data archives and the European Commission webpages.