New Eastern Europe: Eastern partnership reloaded
The conclusion of the Eastern Partnership summit can be seen as a test of both of the EU and its new principles of consistency and conditionality, Andrew Wilson writes.
Andrew Wilson writes: The conclusion of the Eastern Partnership summit can be seen as a test of both of the EU and its new principles of consistency and conditionality. Despite no real policy issues resolved during the summit, its success can be measured by the amount of attention it brought to the region. The autumn of 2011 is a perfect time to be starting a blog on the New Eastern Europe. The tectonic plates are shifting throughout the region. Putin has announced his comeback as Russian President. The on-off Tymoshenko trial is a mess of Ukraine’s own making. Belarus promises to release political prisoners. The tap was turned on for the first “technical gas” out of Nord Stream on 6 September. Negotiations on Transnistria have restarted in the “5+2” format. Latvia’s election promises one of two possible revolutions: either a government without oligarchs or a partnership with the Harmony Centre Russian party. Read the report here.
