The post communist era is not yet over as a shadow of communism still lingers within the hearts and minds of the populace making it almost impossible to completely convert to a well functioning democracy hindering the EU entrance of the CEE countries. One of the main problems for CEE countries is that they were under the communist regime for almost half a century, which left a significant impact on they way people think, behave …showed first 75 words of 1051 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1051 total…without the government being representative of the peoples' will the "period of democratic transition" can not reach a successful conclusion. This is clearly emphasized by small voter turnout on the elections when trying to democraraticaly chose a representative. There is a low voter turnout because the people of the CEE countries do not believe that their vote and voice will count for anything worth while and that their vote can effect them in any way.