Friday, 22 January 2010

Struggling transitions or EU inertia?

The EU's influence on its greater neighbourhood - from Eastern Europe to Central Asia and North Africa - is fading in some places but offers under-utilised potential in others, according to Richard Youngs, research director at a Spanish think-tank, who presented a new study this week in Brussels. "In the last five years, there has been a virulent intellectual debate about the backlash against democracy," said Youngs, who presented his publication, 'Democracy's plight in the European Neighbourhood', in Brussels on Wednesday (20 January).
Extract from Euractiv:

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