The Latvian EU Presidency: Beyond Window Dressing
The Latvian EU Presidency: Beyond Window Dressing

Author(s): Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka, Kinga Dudzińska
Subject(s): Supranational / Global Economy, Governance, Economic policy, Environmental and Energy policy, International relations/trade
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Latvia; European Union; Latvian EU presidency; economic reforms; digitization; policy towards Russia; Energy Union;
Summary/Abstract: Despite the formal limitations on the role of the EU presidency, it can still be an important political tool for countries holding it. Latvia, which has just assumed the presidency of the EU Council, will try to use it to push reforms important from its point of view in economic governance and digitisation. From the Polish perspective, it is important that the Latvian presidency effectively handles less convenient topics such as policy towards Russia and the Energy Union.

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