It seems that the smaller Member States should not be very happy with the draft Constitution presented at the Thessaloniki European Council with respect to the three major issues discussed - the permanent President of the European Council, the size and composition of the Commission and the...

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...

This report lays out the work and performance of DG JUST in in 2018, the final full year before the end of the current Commission mandate. It covers a wide range of activities in the areas of civil and commercial justice, criminal justice, fundamental rights and the rule of law, Equality and...

The policies of DG Justice and Consumers (DG JUST) guarantee the fundamental rights and freedoms of EU citizens in a Union of rule of law and democracy as well as their rights to participate in the internal market. In 2017 the DG has continued to deliver on its work programme in a timely manner....