Rule of Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina – the Transformation of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, by Nedžma Džananović, Sead Turčalo, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 05’2022
In its Analytical Report from 2019 and consequent Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) 2020, the European Commission has pointed that judiciary in BiH, in
Is there hope for Kosovo’s rule of law system? Three immediate actions needed, by Bardha Tahiri, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 04’2022
Starting just after the war and for more than 20 years now, Kosovo has had international community as the strongest provider of support to strengthen
Building a constituency for rule of law. Lessons from the Romanian anti-corruption drive, by Oana Popescu-Zamfir, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 03’2022
Romania’s experience is that of the most intensive push for rule of law and anti-corruption among new European Union (EU) members, given that the country
Considering EU enlargement through the prism of security cooperation, by Elise Bernard & Joseph Leloup, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 01’2022
For the next six months France holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. One of the top priorities on its agenda will
Lessons learned from the justice reform in Albania, by Inva Nela, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 24’2021
Judiciary and rule of law, more specifically, is a core element for the accession negotiations with the European Union (EU). In this regard, since 2014
The rule of law in Montenegro between deep polarisation and an unstable majority – how to get back on track? By Nikola Mumin, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 23’2021
Although it has been negotiating EU membership for more than nine years and thus carrying out certain activities to strengthen the rule of law under
State Capture versus Contestatory Citizenship in Bulgaria, Anna Krasteva, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 22’2021
The Policy Brief argues that Bulgaria is experiencing a negative transformation, a transition from post-communism to post-democracy expressed in the transition from corruption to endemic
Rule of Law and Justice in Croatia after the EU accession, Nikica Kolar, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 21’2021
Every accession into political alliance is a matter of political negotiations. During the accession process Croatia advanced but did not completely execute a judicial reform
The Conditionality Regulation: A true European means to face a rule of law crisis in wider Europe and foster media freedom, Eleonora Poli & Margherita Salvia, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 20’2021
The respect of the rule of law is central to the functioning of democracies within the European institutional settings and has become even more relevant
Τhe Rule of Law and Foreign Direct Investment in the Western Balkans: The Greek Experience, Nikolaos Tzifakis & Anastasios Valvis, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 17’2021
The rule of law is positively correlated to the attainment of economic growth and sustainable development and to the attraction of Foreign Direct Investment. However,
The controversy of ‘more (economic) freedom’. Can liberalisation in North Macedonia cause more problems than benefits? By Dimitar Nikolovski & Aleksandar Stojanovski, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 15’2021
In the past months, the government of North Macedonia has pushed for three policies providing for different forms of liberalisation and legalisation, all with potentially
Hungary, an anti-role model for successful EU integration? By Christina Griessler & Fanni Elek, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 14’2021
Already from around 2007 onwards the European Union’s (EU) enlargement process entered a severe crisis and attempts to overcome the deadlock have failed so far.
Rule of Law and Justice – Case Serbia, Djordje Popović, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 13’2021
Serbia in the year 2021 is a captured state with institutions completely under control of one party. With the ruling elites involved in serious cases
What can the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union do for the Western Balkans? By Faris Kočan & Marko Lovec, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 12’2021
Within the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union several priorities are relevant from the perspective of the EU’s Western Balkans strategy. The
Countering the Rule of Law Backsliding in the Western Balkans, Katrin Böttger & Dominic Maugeais, ÖGfE Policy Brief, 11’2021
Seventeen years after the big round of enlargement of the European Union and with the Conference on the Future of Europe up and running, the
