The enlargement hangovers

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Chapter 3 in Governing the EU in an Age of Division, 2022, pp 36-56 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The EU accession provided no guarantees of political and cultural convergence between 'old' and 'new' member states. The prospect of joining provided a strong commitment mechanism to domestic political elites. Yet, the commitment mechanism disappeared once the countries in question joined the EU. In some cases, democratic backsliding ensued, as in Hungary and Poland. In others, political corruption and clientelism deepened with the new revenue streams from the EU. Moreover, fissures between member states persist on many questions of immigration or culture. Post-communist countries have not uniformly transformed themselves into liberal democracies - and neither have they embraced all the progressive ideas coming from the West. That has been a continuous source of challenges for the EU.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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