EAP COUNTRIES CONVERGENCE WITH EUROPEAN STANDARDSINBORDER MANAGEMENT:EUROPEANISATION DRIVEN BY EU'S DEMANDS OR DOMESTIC AGENDA?
Journal: GEORGIAN JOURNAL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES
Year: 2026

This article addresses Europeanization in third countries and aims to map and explain compliance patterns in EU’s Eastern neighbourhood. This study attempts to define under what conditions the EU can trigger the transformation beyond its borders and to explore whether EU’s conditionality principle in the absence of membership prospect can motivate reforms at domestic level and if not, what drives Europeanisation processes in these countries. This research is concerned with sector - specific expl