The Emergence and Consolidation of the Administrative Capacity Criteria within the EU Enlargement Policy

The Emergence and Consolidation of the Administrative Capacity Criteria within the EU Enlargement Policy

The article gives a critical assessment of the emergence, development and consolidation of the administrative capacity criteria for entering the European Union (EU). The administrative capacity criteria emerged for the first time during the 5th European Enlargement...

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Main Author: Matteo Bonomi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Economic Sciences 2015-06-01
Series:Economic Analysis
Subjects:
administrative capacity criteria
EU enlargement policy
public administration reforms
CEEBs
Western Balkans
Online Access:http://www.library.ien.bg.ac.rs/index.php/ea/article/view/306/302
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spelling doaj-cbea4b08028f42b18da2e060cfaff3c72020-11-25T00:10:54ZengInstitute of Economic SciencesEconomic Analysis1821-25732560-39492015-06-01481/2118The Emergence and Consolidation of the Administrative Capacity Criteria within the EU Enlargement PolicyMatteo Bonomi0Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, ItalyThe article gives a critical assessment of the emergence, development and consolidation of the administrative capacity criteria for entering the European Union (EU). The administrative capacity criteria emerged for the first time during the 5th European Enlargement (2004-07) under soft political conditionality, showing a limited impact. The criteria gained importance during the accession process of Croatia, reflecting some changes in EU enlargement policy in order to address the specificities of the Western Balkan countries. The article concludes that these criteria today have become a central part in the new EU enlargement strategy, posing strict conditions to be fulfilled by all candidate countries if they want to proceed in their path towards the EU. It will be sustained that this reorientation represents a major change in the nature of EU enlargement policy.http://www.library.ien.bg.ac.rs/index.php/ea/article/view/306/302administrative capacity criteriaEU enlargement policypublic administration reformsCEEBsWestern Balkans
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administrative capacity criteria
EU enlargement policy
public administration reforms
CEEBs
Western Balkans
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title The Emergence and Consolidation of the Administrative Capacity Criteria within the EU Enlargement Policy
title_short The Emergence and Consolidation of the Administrative Capacity Criteria within the EU Enlargement Policy
title_full The Emergence and Consolidation of the Administrative Capacity Criteria within the EU Enlargement Policy
title_fullStr The Emergence and Consolidation of the Administrative Capacity Criteria within the EU Enlargement Policy
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publishDate 2015-06-01
description The article gives a critical assessment of the emergence, development and consolidation of the administrative capacity criteria for entering the European Union (EU). The administrative capacity criteria emerged for the first time during the 5th European Enlargement (2004-07) under soft political conditionality, showing a limited impact. The criteria gained importance during the accession process of Croatia, reflecting some changes in EU enlargement policy in order to address the specificities of the Western Balkan countries. The article concludes that these criteria today have become a central part in the new EU enlargement strategy, posing strict conditions to be fulfilled by all candidate countries if they want to proceed in their path towards the EU. It will be sustained that this reorientation represents a major change in the nature of EU enlargement policy.
topic administrative capacity criteria
EU enlargement policy
public administration reforms
CEEBs
Western Balkans
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