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The EU's Rule of Law Promotion in Central and Eastern Europe: Where and Why Does It Fail, and What Can Be Done About It?

Mendelski, Martin (2016) The EU's Rule of Law Promotion in Central and Eastern Europe: Where and Why Does It Fail, and What Can Be Done About It? [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    This policy paper identifies two key dilemmas of the EU's rule of law promotion: 1. The problem of supporting unaccountable reformers in a partisan way (ownership dilemma); 2. The problem of valuing quantity over quality (change vs. stability dilemma). It is argued that these dilemmas reinforce legal pathologies which undermine the rule of law in Central and Eastern Europe. The paper offers two unconventional policy recommendations to enhance the quality of rule of law reform and assessment.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Rule of law, Central and Eastern Europe, European Union, Europeanization, reform dilemmas
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > law & legal affairs-general (includes international law)
    EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-Central and Eastern Europe
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Depositing User: Dr. Martin Mendelski
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 20 Apr 2019 19:35
    Number of Pages: 12
    Page Range: pp. 1-12
    Last Modified: 20 Apr 2019 19:35
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/73102

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