 Democracy and Enlarging the European Union EastwardsRichard Rose and Christian Haerpfer Journal of Common Market Studies, 1995, vol. 33, issue 3, 427-450 Abstract: Democracy is a precondition for membership of the European Union (EU). What are the chances for democracy in the post‐communist states of central and eastern Europe? The first section states arguments of doubters; the second and third present fresh empirical evidence from nation‐wide surveys of public opinion in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania. Survey data show widespread popular support for the current regime as against the old communist regime, and no substantial support for undemocratic alternatives. The critical feature of ex‐communists is that they are now ‘ex’. Given that the democratic precondition is met, this article secondly considers, what are the obstacles to enlargement within post‐communist countries? In central and eastern Europe the chief obstacle is the time required to create all the institutions of the market. Within the European Union there is also an obstacle‐ defining the post‐1996 acquits communitarian ‐ a task made more complex by the prospect of adding new Member States from central and eastern Europe. Date: 1995 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:33:y:1995:i:3:p:427-450 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Journal of Common Market Studies is currently edited by Jim Rollo and Daniel Wincott More articles in Journal of Common Market Studies from Wiley Blackwell |
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