Izlaganje sa skupa
THE EU ACCESSION PROCESS AS A FRAMEWORK FOR DEMOCRATIZATION WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO THE STABILIZATION AND ASSOCIATION PROCESS
Sanja Bazina Crnokić
; Predsjedništvo BiH, Ured hrvatskog člana Predsjedništva, Maršala Tita 16, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina
Sažetak
The general requierments for the accession of new members to the European Union are contained in Article 49 of the EU Treaty. This article also refers to Article 2 of the same Treaty, which means that, in addition to the territorial connection with Europe, the country must respect the principles of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including minority rights. The same article also mentions formal requests for accession, such as the application for membership, the Commission’s opinion and the like. The European Council further formalized the Copenhagen accession criteria in 1993 as a part of preparations for the upcoming enlargement to the east, as three groups of criteria, in terms of political and economic conditions and the adoption of the acquis. This article will analyze the process of accession in terms of material conditions, as a framework for institutional reforms within the democratic and constitutional legal system, taking into account the particularities of the Stabilization and Association process, considering the past experience of the Republic of Croatia and the future challenges of the integration process of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ključne riječi
accession process; Copenhagen criteria; democratization; Stabilization and Association process.
Hrčak ID:
233995
URI
Datum izdavanja:
4.6.2018.
Posjeta: 1.661 *