EU Accession and Rule of Law Resilience: Credibility and Leverage at the Core

RESILIO-ACCESS Snapshot Series

The Snapshots are a series of comprehensive analyses on how to study the resilience of the rule of law in EU accession countries. Using concrete empirical examples from the candidate countries, they use the RESILIO-ACCESS model as an analytical framework to explain how the resilience of the rule of law can be measured.

The Snapshots cover primary and subsidiary resilience resources.

This Snapshot studies how the EU accession process can increase the capacity for resilience of the rule of law in the enlargement countries. It argues that the credibility of conditionality and the responsible use of leverage by EU member states are decisive factors in determining whether the accession process strengthens or undermines rule of law resilience.

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EU Accession and Rule of Law Resilience: Credibility and Leverage at the Core

About the RESILIO-ACCESS: Resilience Observatory on the Rule of Law in EU Accession Candidates project: How resilient is the rule of law in the EU enlargement countries? RESILIO-ACCESS uses an interdisciplinary approach to answer this question and identifies how EU enlargement policy can contribute to resilient democratic structures in the region.

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