ABSTRACT
The European Union (EU) enlargement not only shaped the modern political and economic appearance of the expanded Europe, but also tested the democratic legitimacy of the integration machinery, since it assumed the importation of the vast European democratic heritage into candidate countries. Gradually, results of this endeavor were reflected in member states and candidate countries and in ‘non-applicant’ countries, such as Ukraine, which associate themselves with the enlarged Europe and have thereby embarked upon the drift away from the old legacy of Socialism.
