EU Policy on Deepening Liberal Democracy: A Case Study of the Baltic States
Journal: Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne
Year: 2021

The issues of the EU’s activities concerning the quality of democracy in member states are studied. On the examples of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the effectiveness of EU projects to continue the liberal-democratic transformation in member states with a post-totalitarian past where the risk of regression of democracy remains, is assessed. The current goals of the EU are described as being insufficient in terms of properly preventing and counteracting the decline of the quality of democracy, a