That’s the theme of the Eastern Partnership summit under way in Latvia, a former Soviet republic that made the leap to EU and NATO membership. The summit brought together 25 European Union leaders, as well as the European Commission, and representatives of Armenia, Georgia and Moldova, aside from Ukraine.
- There is no unity among European leaders in offering EU membership perspectives to the nations – meaning no offers will be forthcoming anytime soon.
“It doesn’t mean that if you a partner you’d be a member in the future,” Rinkevic said.
(For the full story, please visit The Kyiv Post.)
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22/5/15
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ReplyDeleteAfter two days, the Eastern Partnership summit that ended in Riga on Friday yielded a 13-page declaration and one insight: The European Union doesn't have much to offer to the six former Soviet republics to its east. Still, three of the partnership nations -- Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine -- aren't going to abandon their efforts to get closer to Europe, because the alternative is even worse: embracing Vladimir Putin's Russia. The other three -- Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus -- don't expect much from Europe, anyway.
Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine made no headway toward their strategic goal of EU membership. The summit's final declaration had only this to say:
Summit participants reaffirm the Eastern Partnership objective to develop strengthened, differentiated relations between the EU and its six sovereign, independent partners. The scope and depth of cooperation are determined by the EU's and partners' ambitions and needs as well as the pace of reforms............http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-22/eu-s-cynical-plan-to-use-eastern-europe
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