European countries are economically dependent upon each other. This paper therefore
embeds the analysis of the Western Balkan countries within a wider perspective of the …

Since the end of the Cold War, the European Union (EU) has sought to stabilize the former
socialist countries by encouraging them to transform into fully fledged Western style …

This article provides a test for the relevance of the major conceptual framework used in
Europeanization literature on EU political conditionality for promoting effective democracy …

It is not the aim of this paper to take sides-either with those comparatively enthusiastic
regarding the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM)(Vachudova/Spendzarova …

The article explores the recent shift in the European Union's approach towards candidate
states in the Western Balkans. It argues that the European Commission has started to pay …

Abstract The European Union has sought to democratise its post-communist neighbours for
the past three decades, starting with Central and Eastern Europe after 1989. Since the end …

RETRACTION NOTICE Retraction notice to: Terese Maria Resende Cierco
Gomes,“Promoting the rule of law in Serbia. What is hindering the reforms in the justice …

For nearly a decade Bulgaria and Romania were considered the laggards of the Fifth EU
Enlargement. They seemed unable to cope with the timing of their Europeanisation and …

This article proposes a novel two-level instrument for analytically robust distinction of
typological differences in the area of rule of law (ROL) among the European countries. The …

The next stages of EU integration in terms of deepening or in terms of enlargement imply the
need for reliable knowledge about the compatibility of national cases either to enhance …