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The Push-Pull Balance in the EU's Democratic Conditionality and its Deterioration

Avrupa Birliği'nin Demokrasi/Siyasi Şartlılığında Çekme-İtme Dengesi ve Bu Dengenin Bozulması

Ali Resul USUL
Pages
105–126
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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This change might diminish the impact of the EU’s political conditionality in the ongoing enlargement process (Turkey, Croatia and other Western Balkan states).

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Objective & Hypothesis:It is possible to argue that there exists a push-pull balance in the EU’s democratic conditionality that the EU has been applying since the South European states applied for membership and/or association agreement.
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Key Findings & Data:This article argue that this push-pull balance in conditionality has created the dynamics that could transform candidate states; and the best example that demonstrates the successful impact of the EU conditionality is the relation between the EU’s Eastern enlargement, the EU’s democratic conditionality and the successful transformation of political regimes in the Central and Eastern Europe.
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Conclusion & Impact:This change might diminish the impact of the EU’s political conditionality in the ongoing enlargement process (Turkey, Croatia and other Western Balkan states).
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Abstract

It is possible to argue that there exists a push-pull balance in the EU’s democratic conditionality that the EU has been applying since the South European states applied for membership and/or association agreement. This article argue that this push-pull balance in conditionality has created the dynamics that could transform candidate states; and the best example that demonstrates the successful impact of the EU conditionality is the relation between the EU’s Eastern enlargement, the EU’s democratic conditionality and the successful transformation of political regimes in the Central and Eastern Europe. However, this study puts forward that the push-pull balance of conditionality has started to deteriorate because in particular of the enlargement fatigue in the EU. This change might diminish the impact of the EU’s political conditionality in the ongoing enlargement process (Turkey, Croatia and other Western Balkan states).

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AB, özellikle Güney Avrupa genişlemesinden bu yana AB’ye üyelik için başvuran aday ülkelere yönelik demokrasi şartlılığı uygulamaktadır. Buna göre, AB üyesi olabilmek için aday ülkelerin AB şartlılığını yerine getirmeleri, yani rejimlerini demokratikleştirmeleri gerekmektedir. AB bu konuda ilk ciddi sınavını Yunanistan, Portekiz ve İspanya’nın AB’ye üyelik başvurularında vermiştir. Zaman içinde AB’nin aday ülkelerin siyasi rejimlerini dönüştürmek için ciddi mekanizmalar geliştirdiği görülmektedir. Bu mekanizmanın en iyi örneklerinden biri de AB’nin Doğu genişlemesi sırasında Merkezi ve Doğu Avrupa ülkelerine uyguladığı demokratikleşme/dönüştürme politikalarıdır. Bu makale, bu demokratik şartlılık politikasının belli bir çekme-itme dengesine dayandığını iddia etmektedir. Buna göre, aday ülkelere AB üyesi olabilmeleri için şartlar ileri sürülürken bu şartları yerine getirdikleri takdirde (tam) üye olacakları açık bir şekilde ortaya konulmuştur. Bu denge aday ülkelere başarıyı da getirmiş ve ülkeler rejimlerini dönüştürmüşlerdir. Ancak, bu çalışma, bu dengenin bozulma sürecinde olduğunu iddia etmektedir. Genişleme yorgunluğu neticesinde bu denge bozulmaktadır ki önümüzdeki günlerde bu bozulma Hırvatistan, Türkiye ve Batı Balkanlar’da AB’nin dönüştürme etkisini azaltabilir.

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USUL, A. R. (2022). The Push-Pull Balance in the EU's Democratic Conditionality and its Deterioration. Uluslararası İlişkiler, Cilt: 5 - Sayı: 17, 105–126. https://ajindex.com/articles/645102

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