Soon after the accession of eight post-communist States from Central and Eastern Europe to the EU, the constitutional … courts of some of these countries questioned the principle of supremacy of EU law over national constitutional systems, on …, the most important of which is a democracy paradox: while accession to the EU was supposed to be the most stable guarantee …

In this paper we examine the transposition of European Union (EU) legislation in the twelve 'new' member states during …. While Lithuania, Hungary as well as Slovenia are the best performers, the transposition of EU legislation is less effective … trade with the EU, bureaucratic capacity and pre-accession policy alignment. We conclude that in the intermediate …

Abstract: The European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) is understood as an important new "instrument" in the EU … effectiveness of the EU internationally although it remains embedded in an unreformed institutional framework that struggles to …

the east on the judicial interaction between the EU, the ECHR and the Member States legal orders. In order to appraise the … able to promote an effective policy of human rights within the EU. …

After the collapse of Communism in 1990, the European Union (EU) has immediately sustained in the process of … the European continent, which will allow the important position of the EU in the World. The 1st May 2004 the EU has passed … continued on January the 1st, 2007 by accessing to the EU of Bulgaria and Romania. The Single Market”, Economic and Monetary …

Since its creation in 1957, the European Union (EU) has 27 member states today. The process of the enlargement of the … EU is not finished yet, and the EU opens its doors to the other countries, mainly Western Balkan countries – so Serbia is … the part. We present here the actual situation of the Republic of Serbia on its way to the EU. From now toward, the EU …