This report, co-edited by Luca Tomini (ULB), Claudia Bădulescu (ULB), & Dana Doghin (PATRIR) aims to make sense of these developments by providing a comparative andin-depth analysis of autocratisation trajectories in the EU’s neighbourhood. It does so by building on the framework and findings of the RED-SPINEL project’s work, while refining the analytical lens through which political transformations are examined. By focusing on key episodes of democratic erosion across six countries in the EU’s neighbourhood, this report contributes to a better understanding of how autocratisation unfolds, what drives it, and how dissensus over liberal democracy both enables and emerges from these processes. It aims to support practitioners, researchers, and policymakers in understanding and tackling the complex and evolving landscape of democratic backsliding in the EU’s neighbourhood regions.