CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Curararu, Andrei |
|---|---|
| Title | Unconditional Justice: A study on the effectiveness of EU conditionality within the Eastern Partnership |
| Summary | The thesis explores the efficiency of the EU conditionality within the Eastern Partnership on the cases of the Justice Sector Reform of Georgia and Moldova. The study shows that Georgia’s leader status is relative and that the country has gained it focusing on the fight against corruption. The thesis shows that the narrow focus of the Georgian authorities on the petty corruption has contributed to a more holistic effort in the Justice Sector Reform both by the public relations effect and the need to avoid ‘image loss’ of the Georgian authorities. The presence of the EU mission at the planning phase of the reform in Georgia has given the national authorities more incentives to include more stakeholders in the formulation of the policy. The electoral transfer of power in the case of Georgia has contributed to a sustained effort in reforming the Justice Sector to confirm the goodwill of the new Government and to gain internal legitimacy. Based on the findings the author formulates a series of policy recommendations. There is a need for a precise mechanism of negative conditionality that would come into force at the first signs of bad performance. This conclusion comes mainly from the case of Moldova, where the freezing of financial support came too late and provoked a political crisis, as well as the alienation of the national authorities. The EU's direct input to the policy cycle could be most effective at the earliest stages of planning with forming a coalition of international partners to synchronise their agendas and promote a broad inclusion of stakeholders, including civil society. |
| Supervisor | Granger Marie Piere |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/curararu_andrei.pdf |
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