Transformation of Conditionality in the European Union

Abstract

Monograph analyses transfer of conditionality approach that was traditionally present in the external EU activities (enlargement, development policy) into internal functioning of hte EU. This shift is explained by left-overs of the external conditionality during last enlargement(s), in combination with the Eurozone crisis that demonstrated shortcomings of the traditional internal tools for rule enforcement in the EU.

Keywords

• European Union
• EU law
• enlargement
• Eurozone
• human rights
• democracy
• Court of Justice of the EU
• infringement action
• conditionality