Bulletin n. 1/2008
May 2008
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Godiveau Grégory
    La conditionnalité démocratique dans le partenariat ACP-CE. Nouvelle voie et nouvelles interrogations
    in Revue de l'Union européenne/Revue du Marché Commun et de l'Union européenne , numero 515, février ,  2008 ,  87-93
    Democratic conditionality within the ACP-EC partnership has had mixed results in many respects. In spite of an original system to protect the main elements of the Cotonou agreement (law state, democracy, human rights), it is being found difficult to apply such protection in an even manner. And the overall inadequacy of the sanction to the objectives of conditionality requires that the methods of its efficiency be put into question. Greater consistency and added support are required if it is to succeeed. A pertinent expression of the latter requires added coherence with other money lenders and more involvement by ACP partners. It also requires more pragmatism from the European partner and less ambiguity towards the stances of its member countries. In all, the European Union's repositioning on this matter requires, more broadly, its reinforcements on the world stage.
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