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CEPI: Screwed up: hammers, nails and the Eastern Partnership
European Union officials have warned Ukraine that the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius this November may be the last chance for a long time to move forward with European integration.
When the only tool you have is a hammer, then it is tempting to look for nails. Following the success of the European Union’s eastward expansion in 2004, it was tempting to apply the same approach to other candidate countries. The assumptions were that the public and the elites in each case supported membership, but would need a bit of help in overcoming entrenched interests and pockets of backwardness. Tough but friendly conditionality from the European Union would help apply pressure in the right places.
