Discrepancies in European Union Pre-accession Evaluations : An Assessment of the European Commission’s Progress Reports

Discrepancies in European Union Pre-accession Evaluations : An Assessment of the European Commission’s Progress Reports

This study investigated whether EU Progress Reports measured the Copenhagen political criteria in a biased manner compared to independent indices. At stake is the credibility of the EU accession process and whether countries in the Western Balkans will seek partnerships with the EU or state-actors b...

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Main Author: Gustafsson Hall, Joel
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen 2020
Subjects:
EU accession
Copenhagen political criteria
Progress Reports
Western Balkans
Albania
North Macedonia
good democratic governance
rule of law
bias
Political Science
Statsvetenskap
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-uu-4242882020-11-05T05:28:58ZDiscrepancies in European Union Pre-accession Evaluations : An Assessment of the European Commission’s Progress ReportsengDiscrepancies in European Union Pre-accession Evaluations : A Case Study of Albania and North MacedoniaGustafsson Hall, JoelUppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen2020EU accessionCopenhagen political criteriaProgress ReportsWestern BalkansAlbaniaNorth Macedoniagood democratic governancerule of lawbiasPolitical ScienceStatsvetenskapThis study investigated whether EU Progress Reports measured the Copenhagen political criteria in a biased manner compared to independent indices. At stake is the credibility of the EU accession process and whether countries in the Western Balkans will seek partnerships with the EU or state-actors beyond the European peninsula. This is a case study of how well Albania and North Macedonia fared regarding the political criteria during 2014 and 2017. Each country was ranked against one another in order to find potential discrepancies between measurements from Progress Reports and independent indices. This paper did find evidence that suggests the European Commission disfavored North Macedonia and favored Albania. However, other results were inconclusive. The finding supported accession literature that has called into question the objectivity of the EU accession process. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-424288application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic EU accession
Copenhagen political criteria
Progress Reports
Western Balkans
Albania
North Macedonia
good democratic governance
rule of law
bias
Political Science
Statsvetenskap
spellingShingle EU accession
Copenhagen political criteria
Progress Reports
Western Balkans
Albania
North Macedonia
good democratic governance
rule of law
bias
Political Science
Statsvetenskap
Gustafsson Hall, Joel
Discrepancies in European Union Pre-accession Evaluations : An Assessment of the European Commission’s Progress Reports
description This study investigated whether EU Progress Reports measured the Copenhagen political criteria in a biased manner compared to independent indices. At stake is the credibility of the EU accession process and whether countries in the Western Balkans will seek partnerships with the EU or state-actors beyond the European peninsula. This is a case study of how well Albania and North Macedonia fared regarding the political criteria during 2014 and 2017. Each country was ranked against one another in order to find potential discrepancies between measurements from Progress Reports and independent indices. This paper did find evidence that suggests the European Commission disfavored North Macedonia and favored Albania. However, other results were inconclusive. The finding supported accession literature that has called into question the objectivity of the EU accession process.
author Gustafsson Hall, Joel
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title Discrepancies in European Union Pre-accession Evaluations : An Assessment of the European Commission’s Progress Reports
title_short Discrepancies in European Union Pre-accession Evaluations : An Assessment of the European Commission’s Progress Reports
title_full Discrepancies in European Union Pre-accession Evaluations : An Assessment of the European Commission’s Progress Reports
title_fullStr Discrepancies in European Union Pre-accession Evaluations : An Assessment of the European Commission’s Progress Reports
title_full_unstemmed Discrepancies in European Union Pre-accession Evaluations : An Assessment of the European Commission’s Progress Reports
title_sort discrepancies in european union pre-accession evaluations : an assessment of the european commission’s progress reports
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