Democracy in Development - global consultations on the EU’s role in democracy building

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The European Union seeks to be a major player in the area of democracy building throughout the world. How can the EU improve its policies, its approach and its engagement with partners in this area? International IDEA asked these questions in a series of global consultations. The results revealed gaps between the EU’s objectives and the perceptions of its partners. To address the gaps, four key areas to strengthen the EU’s policies and actions are proposed.

The EU should:

• tap its internal experiences to inform external action, meaning that the EU should formulate and make the democracy building experiences of its member states and of its regional integration globally available;
• apply a broad understanding of democracy by seeing it as more than a procedure and as something that needs to deliver the basic needs of the citizens in order to gain legitimacy;
• stand by its long-term commitments; and
• move towards genuine partnerships involving dialogue which deliver broader benefits for its partners.

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