Studies of EU conditionality assume a power asymmetry between the Commission and the CEECs over the adoption of the acquis, and at the macro level of democratisation and marketisation, rather than tracking clear causal relationships in policies. The article employs regional policy and...

La adhesión de un estado a la Unión Europea origina diversas y numerosas transformaciones en los diferentes componentes del sistema político. En general, inciden sobre aspectos como la opinión pública, los actores políticos (partidos políticos, grupos de interés,...), las instituciones...

This is the Final Report for the forward-looking evaluation on the future pre-accession financial instrument beyond 2013, commissioned by Directorate-General for Enlargement (DG ELARG) of the European Commission (EC). The work was carried out between December 2010 and May 2011 by the European...