Europe’s Contested Democracy and Its Impact on the EU’s Democracy Support Policies Toward Its Neighbours

SHARPEDEM-EU publication 3 (March 2024)

Through a bird’s eye view of thirty years of EU democracy support, highlighting the controversies in its pursuit as well asits endurance as a foreign policy goal, this paper explores the under-researched question of how democratic contestation inside the EU and its member states influences EU foreign policy and democracy support.