Europejska polityka sąsiedztwa
European Neighbourhood Policy

Unlucky First Decade

Summary/Abstract: After 10 years in action, the European Neighbourhood Policy is inshambles. The region of ENP, seen in 2004 as a future place of democratic transformation, appears to be in 2015/16 a hot bed of wars, ethnic – religious violence, terror and massive migration. Not a single factor contributedto ENP’s success – bad luck from the start! However, there were also internal clashes within the EU which made ENP less effective: – appeal to common values as a base of cooperation, was politically correct but hardly workable; – “conditionality” method revealed weaknesses while applied without a promise of membership; – process of ENP’s strategy planning was disturbed by transatlantictensions over Iraq war, what had a negative impact on the quality of ENP’s strategic imension. Russia counteracted openly, secretly and actively and continues tokeep the political/military control over the region. ENP remains an essentialpillar of EU’s security but – definitely – time has come to reset the policy.

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