EU Enlargement Policy Goes East
Historical and Comparative Takes on the EU’s Rule of Law Conditionality vis-à-vis Ukraine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21822366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maryna Rabinovych (0000-0002-6038-2472, University of Agder, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 715-737 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hague Journal on the Rule of Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1876-4045 • E-ISSN: 1876-4053 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s40803-024-00223-6 |
| OpenAlex | W4396676239 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 26 |
The article discusses a unique case of the EU’s application of rule of law conditionality vis-à-vis Ukraine, while the latter is in active war with Russia. It is demonstrated that the EU utilized momentum, created by the confluence of the invasion and Ukraine’s EU candidateship, to apply ambitious rule of law conditionality in its relations with Ukraine. Despite the unique strategic and political context, the conditionality is path-dependent, strongly relying on the achievements and outstanding tasks of the EU’s pre-war rule of law promotion in Ukraine. Also, both the design and substance of EU conditionality vis-à-vis Ukraine strongly resemble the one the EU applied vis-à-vis Western Balkans. This concerns specifically the contents of conditionality, focusing on building effective anticorruption institutions and judicial reform. Current geostrategic pressures have not yet led to major changes in the philosophy behind the enlargement process or the EU’s framing of the rule of law concept. Yet, changes to be underscored include the EU’s focus on specific benchmarks within pre-defined realms and strong alignment between political and financial instruments
Conditionality · Economics · European union · Geography · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resizing · Rule of law · Sociology · European and International Law Studies · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection · European Union Policy and Governance · Law
The authority of law
The EU Rule of Law Initiative Towards the Western Balkans
EU Enlargement in Disregard of the Rule of Law
The Rule of Law as a Well-Established and Well-Defined Principle of EU Law
Pre-enlargement Reform Failures in the Western Balkans
‘Call the Bluff’ or ‘Build Back Better’— Anti‐corruption reforms in post‐war Ukraine
“Veni, vidi, … vici?” EU performance and two faces of conditionality towards Ukraine
State captured” policy advice? Think tanks as expert advisors in the Western Balkans
Introduction
The European Neighbourhood Policy
Wartime EU
Importing EU norms
Convergence without membership? The impact of the European Union in the neighbourhood
Governance by conditionality
Money, power, glory
Introduction
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |