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Central and Eastern Europe: the EU’s struggle for rule of law pre- and post-accession

par Coman, Ramona
Editeur scientifique Trauner, Florian TF;Ripoll Servent, Ariadna
Référence The Routledge Handbook of Justice and Home Affairs Research, Taylor and Francis, page (264-274)
Publication Publié, 2017

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The aim of this chapter is threefold: 1) to shed light on how the EU in general and the European Commission in particular sought to shape judicial reforms in order to strengthen the rule of law in the 2004 and 2007 enlargements; 2) to scrutinize the paths of reforms undertaken in central and eastern Europe to consolidate the independence of the judiciary in the pre-enlargement context; 3) to discuss the EU’s ability to safeguard the rule of law after accession when at the domestic level political actors seek to increase political power over judicial institutions. Organized into three parts, the chapter provides an overview of the literature and in conclusion suggests new avenues of research that can refresh academic and political debates on the conflicts generated by judicial reforms at the domestic and European level.