EU's Eastern Partnership Stuck In Low Gear
EU's Eastern Partnership Stuck In Low Gear
By Ahto Lobjakas // Radio Free Europe
The EU's Eastern Partnership was launched with great fanfare in Prague in May. But just past the eight-month mark, it is becoming clear that neither the EU nor the six partnership members have high hopes for the grouping.
EU documents seen by RFE/RL suggest the bloc is purposely setting a limit to its cooperation with the participating countries -- Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
EU foreign ministers today will meet their colleagues from those six countries.
The EU's hesitation comes as it enters what Germany's Angela Merkel has called a "period of reflection" following the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty, which will radically reconfigure the bloc's foreign-policy mechanisms.
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By Ahto Lobjakas // Radio Free Europe
The EU's Eastern Partnership was launched with great fanfare in Prague in May. But just past the eight-month mark, it is becoming clear that neither the EU nor the six partnership members have high hopes for the grouping.
EU documents seen by RFE/RL suggest the bloc is purposely setting a limit to its cooperation with the participating countries -- Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
EU foreign ministers today will meet their colleagues from those six countries.
The EU's hesitation comes as it enters what Germany's Angela Merkel has called a "period of reflection" following the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty, which will radically reconfigure the bloc's foreign-policy mechanisms.
Read more here...
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