TY - JOUR
T1 - Democratic conditionality in the Eastern enlargement
T2 - Ambitious window dressing
AU - De Ridder, Eline
AU - Kochenov, Dimitry
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2011 Kluwer Law International BV.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This article addresses the promotion of democracy in the enlargement process of the central and eastern European countries (CEECs). We start by outlining EU democracy promotion during accession, with a particular focus on political conditionality. In a subsequent part, we argue that the European Commission did not make a clear substantive distinction between the concepts of rule of law and democracy. In addition, various drawbacks are identified, which demonstrate the vagueness and inconsistencies that characterize the EU's application of democratic conditionality. A final part illustrates these points by focusing on the EU's democratic conditionality towards the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The conclusion reads that the EU did not have a well-defined view and approach to the promotion of democracy and the rule of law in the eastern enlargement.
AB - This article addresses the promotion of democracy in the enlargement process of the central and eastern European countries (CEECs). We start by outlining EU democracy promotion during accession, with a particular focus on political conditionality. In a subsequent part, we argue that the European Commission did not make a clear substantive distinction between the concepts of rule of law and democracy. In addition, various drawbacks are identified, which demonstrate the vagueness and inconsistencies that characterize the EU's application of democratic conditionality. A final part illustrates these points by focusing on the EU's democratic conditionality towards the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The conclusion reads that the EU did not have a well-defined view and approach to the promotion of democracy and the rule of law in the eastern enlargement.
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U2 - 10.54648/eerr2011040
DO - 10.54648/eerr2011040
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85012068876
SN - 1384-6299
VL - 16
SP - 589
EP - 605
JO - European Foreign Affairs Review
JF - European Foreign Affairs Review
IS - 5
ER -