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"The article focuses on the two different cases of South Africa and the DR Congo (former Zaire). In the case of South Africa the EU used a variety of positive measures to foster political change and introduced due to British resistance only weak sanctions. The longstanding support by EC members for the Mobutu regime in the Congo ceased 1990 when the EU started to pressure for regime change. Diminishing consensus between the member states about the course of the reform process in general, a changing regional environment and President Mobutu's sophisticated tactics brought the process to a standstill. During the following disastrous civil war the EU found itself mainly in a passive spectator role. When peace negotiations made progress, the Union took the lead in the democratization efforts. With a combination of civilian and military instruments the EU secured the democratic elections in 2006." (author's abstract)