EU Policy Towards the Ukraine: What Can/Should be Improved?
EU Policy Towards the Ukraine: What Can/Should be Improved?

Author(s): Grzegorz Gromadzki
Subject(s): Politics, Economic policy, International relations/trade, Security and defense, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA)
Keywords: EU; Ukraine; foreign policy; improvements;
Summary/Abstract: The EU policy towards the Ukraine is built on the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP), which was accepted this summer by the European Council. Geographically, the ENP covers Belarus, the Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, the Caucasus countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) and the Southern Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia as well as the Palestinian Authority). It is, in sum, 17 very different countries. ENP discussions began in 2002 because of the planned enlargement. Originally, the EU wanted to create a new policy towards its new neighbors, namely the Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. But the December 2002 Copenhagen European Council added Russia and the Southern Mediterranean countries and in 2004 the EU decided to include the Caucasus countries.

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