“The best protection for our security is a world of well-governed democratic states. Spreading good governance, supporting social and political reform, dealing with corruption and abuse of power, establishing the rule of law and protecting human rights are the best means of strengthening the international order”. This is a very motivating agenda that can appeal to people outside the EU as well. Moreover, it is simply true that most of the security problems that Europe is confronted with today find their origin in states that are neither democratic nor very well governed.
