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W kierunku nowej Europejskiej Polityki Sąsiedztwa Unii Europejskiej
Towards a new European Neighborhood Policy of the European Union

Author(s): Agnieszka Anna Nitszke
Subject(s): Inter-Ethnic Relations, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: European Neighborhood Policy; European Union; EU’ external relations;

Summary/Abstract: After over 12 years of implementation of the European Neighborhood Policy and the two political upheavals – Ukrainian crisis and the Arab Spring, it is time for its comprehensive assessment and review of certain assumptions. In 2015 began consultations on a new shape of the ENP, so that the policy on the one hand might continue to fulfill its essential function of supporting and promoting human rights and democracy in neighboring countries, but on the other hand,the EU can effectively influence their external security. After more than six months of consultations, which was attended by the EU institutions, Member States and non-governmental organizations, in November 2015, the European Commission presented the principles of the reform of the ENP, which can be described as the new European Neighborhood Policy. The paper presents the current model of the ENP, including evidence to establish policy in 2004., then is shown the evolution of the policy and in the next part of the article is discussed the establishment of a new ENP based on analysis of documents of the EU institutions.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 381-396
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish