Domestic practices of contestation in EU member states

SHARPEDEM-EU publication 8 (October 2024)

This report investigates how selected EU member states – Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden – support democracy in the EU's eastern and southern neighbourhoods. We analyse and map involved actors, applied instruments, and funding schemes. Of particular interest in the report is whether internal actors in countries under investigation contested democracy support. It is an important element of a broader perspective offered by the SHAPEDEM-EU where understanding the dynamic of EU democracy promotion must include a look at the domestic preferences, institutions, policy dynamics etc. in the EU member states that complement EU efforts.