The Ways of Strengthening and Supporting Integration of DCFTA Countries into the Single Market of the European Union
The Ways of Strengthening and Supporting Integration of DCFTA Countries into the Single Market of the European Union
Author(s): Darius Žeruolis, Dovilė Šukytė, Dovilė Jakniūnaitė, Linas KojalaSubject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Governance, Economic policy, International relations/trade, Geopolitics
Published by: Foreign Policy Research Center
Keywords: Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA); European Union’s single market; integration of DCFTA countries into EU market; international trade;
Summary/Abstract: The need to focus on the fundamentals of state building and strengthening of institutions in all three DCFTAs remains paramount and should be pursued vigorously. Reform efforts and advancement of European integration in the DCFTA countries would be very much strengthened if the European Commission and the EU member states tuned their financial support to needs in a better way than has been so far. Based on the experience of Lithuanian non-governmental organizations, which have been implementing the EU and Lithuanian Development Cooperation and Democracy Promotion Programme supported projects in the EaP countries, small-scale grants might require greater administration, but if properly geographically distributed can deliver results similar to the bigscale projects.
Journal: Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 38
- Page Range: 42-45
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English