The European Union and the Eastern Partnership : What if Europe built itself within its borders as well ?
The European Neighbourhood Policy, initiated by the EU in 2001, aims to improve the EU’s relations with its eastern and southern neighbours. Under the name of « Eastern Partnership », the EU seeks to establish new links with countries in the Caucasus and to cooperate with them more closely. The underlying purpose of this partnership is to avoid new fractures across the continent, divided between the East and the West. However, the 2014 Ukrainian crisis and the EU’s subsequent and increasing mistrust of Russia presents the partnership with a mixed record.
What does this project consist of, and what are the interests of the EU in this complex geopolitical sphere ? Far from the Eurocentrism of Brussels, this neighbourhood policy could demonstrate that Europe’s main challenges lie within its borders. Nezim Tandjaoui from Eurosorbonne discusses the EU’s Eastern Partnership.
