ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts of key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book focuses on the Venice Commission, confirms that both Romania and Hungary introduced important changes before the accession to comply with EU conditionality; thus it confirms that the EU conditionality was a powerful mechanism to induce changes at least in terms of rule adoption. It examines on organizational innovations confirms the importance of standard and monitoring mechanisms. The chapter explores on the change agents at national level as the key factor in explaining changes in judicial governance. It also focuses on judicial training and organizational innovations demonstrate that, even if standards and monitoring are important in creating a potential anchor for domestic reformers, their application can be easily undermined by a lack of political will or a lack of institutional capacity. The book provides evidence to say that in fact judicial networks are very weak mechanisms in ensuring the internalization of norms.
