implications of the revolutions of 1989 on European democracy. The authors of these essays come from very different backgrounds and … Central and Eastern Europe; on the transition of former Communist states towards a market-based liberal democracy and the … impact of events such as the 2009 economic crisis on it; on the role of the EU and of European integration. The volume is …

biggest EU economies with the Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMCs). Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia are still strongly tied to … focused in Egypt, while the four other SMCs appear not to be priorities for non-Mediterranean EU countries. These differences … countries with strong economic links. EU external policy is still largely driven by member states' interests. Hence building …