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来源类型 | Publications - Policy Papers - Notes du Cerfa |
规范类型 | 简报 |
DOI | 978-2-36567-521-5 |
Germany and the Eastern Partnership after the Ukraine Crisis Note du Cerfa, No. 128, January 2016 | |
Liana FIX, Anna-Lena KIRCH | |
发表日期 | 2016-01-29 |
出处 | Notes du Cerfa |
出版年 | 2016 |
概述 | The conflict in and about Ukraine has catapulted the European Union's Eastern Partnership (EaP) into the limelight of international attention. Belittled as a bureaucratic and technical policy instrument, the European Neighbourhood Policy and the EaP as its Eastern regional dimension have... |
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Germany and the Eastern Partnership after the Ukraine Crisis Note du Cerfa, No. 128, January 2016
The conflict in and about Ukraine has catapulted the European Union's Eastern Partnership (EaP) into the limelight of international attention. Belittled as a bureaucratic and technical policy instrument, the European Neighbourhood Policy and the EaP as its Eastern regional dimension have within the course of a few months gained unexpected geopolitical significance. ![]() By the same token, Germany – initially reluctant to be at the forefront of the Eastern Partnership initiative – has found itself at the centre of crisis-management efforts in Ukraine. This has, however, not resulted in a change of Germany's general position towards the EaP with regard to a possible membership perspective for the most advanced countries. For Germany, the EaP remains a tool of Ordnungspolitik – projecting order in the neighbourhood – and not a pre-accession instrument. The 2015 ENP review reflects Germany’s position: It offers no indication of a possible membership perspective and only limited additional incentives for the associated countries Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. From a German perspective, EU support should focus more on strengthening conditionality to avoid a backsliding in associated countries and less on additional financial incentives or cooperation formats. Despite the conflict in Ukraine, Germany remains convinced that stabilisation in the neighbourhood can only be achieved with and not against Russia. Whether this approach is sufficient to drive the transformation process and provide stability in the neighbourhood, given Russia's increasing assertiveness, remains to be seen. For non-associated countries (Armenia, Belarus and Azerbaijan), the transformative aspirations of the ENP were given up for a more pragmatic and transactional approach: differentiated cooperation offers these countries a new channel to engage with the EU beyond Association Agreements/Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs). For Ukraine, the test for German leadership beyond crisis management will be what more Germany can do if Minsk II is not implemented and the conflict in Eastern Ukraine becomes yet another protracted and unresolved conflict in the neighbourhood. Liana Fix is a fellow at the Eastern Europe and Eurasia research division of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). Anna-Lena Kirch is a research assistant at the Europe Program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), This content is also available in French.
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关键词 | Eastern partnership European neighborhood policy Eastern Europe Europe Germany Ukraine |
URL | https://www.ifri.org/en/publications/enotes/germany-and-eastern-partnership-after-ukraine-crisis |
来源智库 | French Institute of International Relations (France) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/416113 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Liana FIX, Anna-Lena KIRCH. Germany and the Eastern Partnership after the Ukraine Crisis Note du Cerfa, No. 128, January 2016. 2016. |
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