A União Europeia e a promoção da democracia em Belarus : o que deu errado?

Abstract

Through the case study technique, this work seeks to understand the reasons why the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) and the Eastern Partnership failed in Belarus. Under the authoritarian rule of Aleksandr Lukashenko since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country has lived a regime marked by the progressive curtailment of political and civil rights. As a result of the research, it appears that the failure of the democratization policies of the European Union (EU) in Belarus must be attributed not only to its domestic conditions, but especially to weaknesses intrinsic to the ENP itself that persisted in the elaboration of the Eastern Partnership. Both projects lack an individualized approach that takes into account the interests and expectations of partner countries. In addition, conceptual confusion prevails in the Action Plans and Association Agreements stablished between the parts.