Understanding EU Action during “Euromaidan:” Lessons for the Next Phase
Understanding EU Action during “Euromaidan:” Lessons for the Next Phase

Summary/Abstract: During Euromaidan, a lack of cohesion between Member States left the EU pursuing a basic tipping point” approach: rather than offering Ukraine a large-scale transformation package, he EU tried to apply targeted pressure on the players involved (Moscow, Washington, kraine’s politicians and society), and to tip each onto a positive course. The approach was eak, and only last-minute political intervention from a trio of Member States prevented kraine’s wholesale descent into chaos and violent repression. Analysis of the political ynamics behind this fragmented response should, however, allow the EU to take a more oherent position, on Ukraine and in the wider region, in the future. Poland is well-placed to ead that approach.

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