The EU and Third Countries

Consequences for Democracy and the Political Order

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6280116
AutoresJohn Erik Fossum (0000-0002-4198-9922, ARENA Centre for European Studies University of Oslo Oslo, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume61
Fascículo6
Páginas1639-1655
Data de publicação2023-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jcms.13421
OpenAlexW4297154324
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas35

This article discusses the democratic implications of third country incorporation for the EU and for third countries. The more the EU transforms sovereignty in an open and inclusive manner, the greater the scope for third country presence, participation and influence. For the EU, the greater the presence and influence of third countries, the more pressing the democratic incongruence. For third countries, the better included and the more they participate, the less incongruent their affiliation, and the more similar to members they become. These considerations depend on how the EU structures its relations with third countries and the nature of the EU's political order. It is in the EU's internal market and flanking areas that the pooling and sharing of sovereignty is the most pronounced. The conundrum facing third countries and the EU is that the internal market is central to the EU's constitution as a political system

Constitution · Democracy · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · European union · International trade · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Pooling · Sovereignty · Third world · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Financial Regulation and Crises · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies