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Julia Gray

Public Policy Scholar

Contact Information:
T (202) 691-4000 // F (202) 691-4001
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh.
Wilson Center Project(s):
"How International Institutions Help Governments in Southeast Europe Credibly Commit to Reform."

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November 2008 - Scholars of international institutions have long praised the ability of international organizations such as the European Union (EU) to promote cooperative behavior, stability and the rule of law. Implicit in that praise is the idea that the EU closely monitors member states' behavior and punishes those that break the rules. In practice, however, the EU rarely enforces its own rules, restricting itself for the most part to strongly worded statements, taking states to court for non-compliance with directives, and only occasional formal punishment. Indeed, the EU's freezing of structural funds to Bulgaria this past summer, due to the country's lack of progress on anticorruption measures, was one of the rare examples of Brussels making good on its threats to rein in its members' behavior: so much for the rule of law, in practice.
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