One voice, one message, but conflicting goals: cohesiveness and consistency in the European Neighbourhood Policy

Börzel, Tanja A.; Hüllen, Vera van

doi:10.1080/13501763.2014.912147

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“…The EU therefore had hardly any chance to directly affect the onset of the Arab Spring through the implementation of political dialogue or democracy assistance. The situation suggests, on the contrary, that the EU's efforts may have had a stabilizing effect on authoritarian rule -a criticism regularly advanced, but hard to prove (Börzel and van Hüllen 2014;Durac and Cavatorta 2009). …”

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“…The risk of destabilization varies across countries according to the specific political situation, best captured by the degree of political liberalization and limitations to statehood in the respective target country (Börzel and van Hüllen 2014). Even within authoritarian regimes, the former affects the likelihood that cooperation might have disruptive effects, as a greater (mis)fit between external demands and the domestic situation implies marginal (as opposed to more fundamental) change.…”

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EU Democracy Promotion and the Arab Spring

Hüllen¹

2015

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This ground-breaking monograph series showcases cutting-edge research on the transformation of governance in countries with weak state institutions. Combining theoretically informed and empirically grounded scholarship, it challenges the conventional governance discourse which is biased towards modern developed nation-states. Instead, the series focuses on governance in Africa, Asia, and Latin America including transnational and transregional dimensions.Located at the intersection of global governance and international relations, on the one hand, and comparative politics, area studies, international law, history, and development studies, on the other, this innovative series helps to challenge fundamental assumptions about governance in the social sciences.

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EU Democracy Promotion and the Arab Spring

Hüllen¹

2015

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“…First, there is political and diplomatic influence on the content of the progress reports in the Secretariat of the European Commission, the eu's delegations in the respective country and the Council (in the form of bilateral pressure).66 The partisan and inconsistent evaluation of the rule of law by diplomatic eu representations in Moldova, Ukraine, and Georgia may especially be criticized here. It is related to geopolitical interests and was explained by the "democratization-stability dilemma" (Börzel and Hüllen 2014). There may also be tacit inaction by eu representatives, as reflected in the case of certain eulex prosecutors, who refrained from investigating and prosecuting serious crimes committed by Kosovo's leading political elites (Capussella 2015).…”

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“…Now, a third generation of scholars has revealed several "pathologies of Europeanization" (Börzel and Pamuk 2012;Mendelski 2014) and the "eu's pathological power" (Mendelski 2015). This more critical strand of literature has argued that the eu undermines the rule of law (Pech 2015;Slapin 2015;Mendelski 2015), democracy (Börzel 2015) and good governance (Börzel and Pamuk 2012;Mungiu-Pippidi 2014), for instance by applying deficient and inconsistent methods to promote rule of law and democracy (see Schimmelfennig 2012;Börzel 2016;Börzel and van Hüllen 2014). It seems that by drawing attention to negative and pathological effects of eu conditionality, the Europeanization literature has become more pessimistic, or better said, more realistic about the eu's ability to promote democracy and the rule of law in accession countries from South Eastern Europe (see) and the European Neighborhood (see Schimmelfennig 2012).…”

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Europeanization and the Rule of Law: Towards a Pathological Turn

Mendelski

2016

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Recent scholarship has exposed the "eu's pathological power", which has undermined the creation of the rule of law in South Eastern Europe (see) and beyond. This paper discusses the "pathological turn" in Europeanization studies by identifying and providing evidence for several "pathologies of Europeanization", i.e. legal and political deficiencies related to rule of law reform, such as legal instability, lack of generality and enforcement, and increased politicization. These pathologies result, among others, from a deficient approach of the eu to rule of law promotion and assessment. In particular, the author highlights three main fundamental problems of Europeanization in the area of the rule of law: 1) valuing quantity over quality; 2) partisan empowerment of domestic change agents; and 3) biased assessment of the rule of law. These problematic issues are further clarified on selected country examples of reform failure from see and the 2012 "rule of law crisis" in Romania. It is argued that given the eu's inability to objectively assess and effectively promote the rule of law, the eu should either abstain from evaluating rule of law or radically revise its approach and methodology, for instance by following the policy advice provided in this paper.

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“…the ways in which seemingly complementary objectives may become conflicting objectives, see Börzel and van Hüllen (2014). 23 Manners seems to agree when he argues that 'if normative justification is to be convincing or attractive, then the principles being promoted must be seen as legitimate, as well as being promoted in a coherent and consistent way ' (2011, 233).…”

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Market power Europe: exploring a dynamic conceptual framework

Damro¹

2015

Journal of European Public Policy

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The conceptualization of the European Union (EU) as Market Power Europe reflects an understanding that the EU most consequentially affects the international system by externalizing its internal market-related policies and regulatory measures. While considerable evidence exists to support such an exercise of power, further elaboration of the conceptualization reveals a number of ways in which it may contribute to the EU as a Power debates. This article undertakes a crucial stock-taking exercise for employing Market Power Europe as a dynamic conceptual framework for understanding and researching the EU as a power. The findings suggest that the conceptualization may improve analytical clarity and advance our empirical and theoretical understanding of the EU's external relations across various policy areas.These insights on the dynamic nature of the conceptualization as an analytical tool reveal important considerations for future scholarly work on the EU as a global regulator and beyond.

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One voice, one message, but conflicting goals: cohesiveness and consistency in the European Neighbourhood Policy

Cited by 118 publications

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EU Democracy Promotion and the Arab Spring

EU Democracy Promotion and the Arab Spring

Europeanization and the Rule of Law: Towards a Pathological Turn

Market power Europe: exploring a dynamic conceptual framework

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