RETHINKING THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY. EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
RETHINKING THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY. EASTERN PARTNERSHIP

Summary/Abstract: The new geopolitical realities, in conjunction with the redeployment ofEuropean policy and program directions in the aftermath of the crisis, with the new foreign policypriorities and neighborhood borders of the EU, have led to the need to rethink the EuropeanNeighborhood Policy. Reforming this policy for the Eastern European Space through theimplementation of the Eastern Partnership did not reach its original goal. The curent paper aimsto analyze the European Neighborhood Policy in terms of its evolution, its mechanisms andinstruments, but also by addressing the new challenges that European integration has in EasternEurope. Beyond the general and contextual introductory character, the emphasis is on theanalysis of the Eastern Partnership, its progress, its stages and, in particular, its currentchallenges. The European Neighborhood Policy has evolved much since its launch in the early2000s. The European Union has been obliged to rethink this policy due to the new geopoliticalchallenges, but also to the need for internal reformation, including at the institutional level.Thereby, European policies and programs for cooperation at European external borders havediversified and adapted to the new needs. The rethinking of the ENP has led to theimplementation of Eastern Partnership in Eastern Europe, a partnership that initially wanted tobe a solid, open-ended opportunity to facilitate the European integration of the six partnercountries. Meanwhile, the geopolitical context has changed a lot. Russia has strengthenedregional power, and the European presence has been considered a competitive situation whereformer Soviet states that have begun a special relationship with the EU have often been forced tochoose between the two sides

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