Democracy in the EU
Direct Democracy in the EU –The Myth of a Citizens’ Union CEPS Paperback, November 2018
... direct democracy instruments to determine its political approach to ...on EU-related issues, a number only exceeded by ...Danish EU-opt out on justice and home affairs in ...on EU politics, ...
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Representative Democracy in the EU: Recovering Legitimacy Research Paper May 2019
... national EU decision-making has been seen as a way to address the challenges of representational democracy in the ...government’s EU policymaking has been seen to provide more adequate ‘early ...
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Democracy Promotion and the EU, US Formulas: Photo Opportunities or Potential. Jean Monnet/Robert Schuman Paper Series Vol. 14 No. 5, May 2014
... what democracy broadly means, how democratization is spelled out, why certain instruments are used, and where democracy lies in the larger compass of domestic and external interests point to two different ...
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The EU's Promotion of External Democracy: In search of the plot. CEPS Policy Brief No. 281, 13 September 2012
... In addition, the broader strategy has to be spelled out clearly. This includes explicit consideration of what elements could be considered as supporting democracy. For example, projects under the banner of ...
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Did the European Union Light a Beacon of Hope in North Africa? Assessing the Effectiveness of EU Democracy Promotion in Tunisia EU Diplomacy Paper 6/2017
... EU’s democracy promotion policy will be analysed through interviews conducted with representatives of these key civil society organisations, political parties and social clusters, including: Samir Cheffi, Deputy ...
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How Does the EU Promote Democracy in Egypt? : A European Strategy put to the test
... of democracy and the disadvantages of the own systems have been revealed, which lead to decisions of striking the new paths of democratisation, oriented on role models of successful transformation into ...
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Explaining the EU’s Legal Obligation for Democracy Promotion: The Case of the EU-Turkey Relationship
... the EU over a significant time period. The uniqueness of the EU-Turkey relationship in terms of its longevity, depth and multiple framings mean that this exploration should not be regarded as how ...
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Wandering in Twilight? Democracy Promotion by the EU and the USA and Democratization in Armenia
... to democracy in Armenia is beyond doubt because the incoming and outgoing authorities have seized every opportunity of proclaiming their devotion to democracy, respect for human rights, and free and fair ...
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The EU´s Democracy Promotion in Ukraine and the Importance of Domestic Legitimacy
... of democracy in Ukraine, but the first two variables were most ...the EU. Furthermore, according to the party programs, it considers the EU´s collective identity as worth aspiring to, finds its norms ...
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EU democracy promotion in Eastern ENP Countries
... the EU Member States, the PCAs with Moldova and Ukraine entered into force in 1998, whereas those with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in ...for democracy, principles of international law, and human rights ...
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Fragmented civil society and its influence on the development of democracy Implications for EU democracy Promotion in Pakistan
... of democracy as basis pattern of a state system has ...that democracy promotion in third countries has become an important feature within development cooperation especially among various European countries, ...
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Human rights and democracy at the heart of EU external action - Towards a more effective approach. Joint communication from the Commission and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament and to the Council. COM (2011) 886 final, 12 December 2011
... and democracy policy remain valid and unaltered, an approach that seeks to match objectives in a country with the realities on the ground is more likely to deliver concrete results than a one size fits all ...and ...
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Human rights and democracy: EU strategic framework and EU action plan. 11855/12, 25 June 2012
... the EU will intensify its political and financial support for human rights defenders and step up its efforts against all forms of ...of democracy and the implementation of human rights; effective engagement ...
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Explaining the EU's legal obligation for democracy promotion : the case of the EU-Turkey relationship
... the EU does not generally engage in the open criticism of the country beyond official documentation such as the enlargement ...to democracy, especially in the case of Turkey, the lack of progress towards ...
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The EU as external democracy promoter in Sub Saharan Africa : the role of conditionality and positive measures appropriateness and effectiveness of political conditionality as instrument of democracy promotion in the EU development cooperation with the ACP States
... of democracy, but things went terribly wrong” ...the EU suspended its electoral assistance ...the EU as not sufficiently open due to restrictions for the opposition candidates and acts of ...the ...
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Democracy promotion in post communist countries towards congruence between historical and political patterns in EU
... Gabel and Anderson argue “the institutional reforms have altered the EU in the direction of representative democracy” 20 . In addition, past research has dismissed the citizens’ preferences viewed as ...
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"Different actors, different tools? Approaching EU and US democracy promotion in the Mediterranean and the Newly Independent States"
... at EU and US efforts to promote democracy, we are, however, not interested in isolated, ad-hoc ...to democracy promotion as a general foreign policy goal, all measures taken can be interpreted as ...
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In Search of the Lost Constitution: The EU between Direct Democracy and the Permissive Consensus
... This article aims to contribute to reflection. It is argued that the EU needs to devise more effective campaigns to increase public understanding. In particular, one should select a few issues of high pan-European ...
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EU Democracy Promotion in the European Neighborhood: Conditionality, Economic Development, and Linkage.
... on EU democracy promotion may be accused of two major design problems potentially leading to bias and limited ...on EU agency and EU interaction with domestic elites in the target countries, ...
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Human rights and democracy in EU foreign policy: The cases of Ukraine and Egypt
... 2001-2 EU policy towards Ukraine entered a phase of even deeper ...and democracy standards in Ukraine, as the next chapter will show, amplified by Kuchma’s continuous oscillation between East and ...
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