Thanking the Greeks: The Crisis of the Rule of Law in EU Enlargement Regulation

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This paper showcases the weaknesses of EU enlargement law and demonstrates how one Member State - namely, Greece - is notable for abusing this weakness, for harming the candidate countries, the eu, and the institutions alike, for stripping the EU position of its predictability, and for undermining the EU Commission's efforts. Accordingly, Greece has severely incapacitated the key procedural rule of law component of the eu's enlargement regulation, turning it into a randomised political game and ignoring any long-term goals of stability, prosperity, and peace that the process is to stand for. Following a walk through Greece's engagement throughout a number of enlargement rounds, the paper concludes that the duty of loyalty - which is presumably able to discipline Member States that undermine the common effort - should find a new meaning in the context of EU enlargement.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)392-414
Number of pages23
JournalSoutheastern Europe
Volume39
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • asymmetry
  • bilateral
  • conditionality
  • cooperation
  • disputes
  • enlargement
  • eu
  • law

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