The Eastern Partnership (EaP) was launched in May this year as a
strengthened policy framework between the European Union and six
countries in Eastern Europe and southern Caucasus. The overall aim of
the partnership is to ensure stability and prosperity in a region that
is characterized by stalled socio-economic and democratic reforms as
well as ethnic tension and even armed conflict.
In this context the EU offers closer relations based on deep and
comprehensive free trade and regulatory alignment while foreign policy
and security cooperation remains rather undeveloped. Will the EU’s
approach be solid enough to engage constructively with the EaP
countries and their big neighbour in the East?
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