The Reluctant Debutante: The European Union as Promoter of Democracy in its Neighbourhood

By Michael Emerson and Senem Aydın and Gergana Noutcheva and Nathalie Tocci and Marius Vahl and Richard Youngs
Date of publication: 
01 July 2005
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In its discourse, the EU places democracy and the rule of law as number one. This paper examines the extent to which the EU is a coherent actor in pursuing this goal in practice, especially in its wider neighbourhood. Case studies are presented, covering much of the neighbourhood: Balkans, Turkey, Russia and Ukraine, Maghreb and Israel-Palestine.