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EU Accession of Central and Eastern European Countries

Democracy and Integration as Conflicting Logics


Author(s): Kristi Raik
Publisher(s): Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), Helsinki
ISBN: 951-769-131-9
Date of publication: 2002
Issue number: 37
Format: PDF
Pages: 30
URL: www.upi-fiia.fi/en
Series: FIIA (UPI) Working Papers

Description: This paper examines the tensions between democracy and the integration of Eastern applicant countries into the EU. The author explains the influence of a democratic deficit within the European Union on democracy in the applicant countries. The paper concludes that the EU as a democracy promoter is struggling with its own democratic deficit and more research on the topic is needed.

General note: © 2002 Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

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