...Radek Buben; Karel Kouba Democratic backsliding in Hungary and Poland has raised questions as to whether Czech politics would follow a similar path. Focusing on transformations in the country’s political system over the past decade, this article argues that Czech democracy has proved resilient...

... of democracy in existing member states like Poland and Hungary, and in the EU’s inability to deal with democratic backsliding in the Western Balkans. On the side of the candidate countries, the formal adoption and implementation of EU rules, institutions, and practices have been accompanied by informal...