... Commission and the Eurasian Economic Commission and a formulation of a list of topics that are of interest to both groups. The signing of official documents would constitute another step. According to Russian experts, signing a trade agreement with the EEU would be beneficial for the European Union as it would give EU producers access to a new important export market.
However, many European experts find the idea of the Eurasian Economic Union itself quite doubtful. They have questions about the economic interests and integration goals ...
... different member states are. I think what we are observing is a shift in the EU towards the growing importance of the member states rather than of the Commission. However, if you ask for the Commission, I think they are quite skeptical about an official EU-EEU summit. That reflects the perception of some member states and there is always the question about the recognition of Eurasian Economic Union as an equal partner to the European Union. There are a lot of contacts on a technical level, and there is also an approach to deepen these relations. But I think it is still has not been decided if it really brings benefits to recognize the Eurasian Economic Union, which is dominated ...
The United Kingdom referendum on its membership in the European Union has given rise to countless expert opinions, assessments and publications, ranging from moderate to radical, from optimistic to extremely pessimistic predictions that the United Kingdom, the European Union and the entire world order will ...
... have incurred losses as a result of restrictive measures, they diverge on the conditions of relaunching economic relations, on the feasibility of technical cooperation in the absence of political convergence, and on what EU – Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) cooperation could look like. While the EU and Russia feel the need to cooperate on a settlement in Ukraine, on stabilisation in the Middle East, on the fight against terrorism, they diverge over what should be done, over whether human rights / democracy ...
... negotiations with China on a non-preferential trade and economic agreement. Yet this is only the tip of the iceberg of EEU’s external economic agenda. The bulk of cooperation with third parties concerns coordination among the Union member countries.
The EEU heads of state have decided to postpone decisions on relations with the European Union and Ukraine in view of the anti-Russian sanctions and counter-sanctions. Effective January 1, 2016, Russia has unilaterally withdrawn from the free-trade area regime with Ukraine and introduced EEU customs duties following Ukraine’s ...
... energy policy, the South Caucasus may face intense competition from both neighbors. Still the remaining obstacles both within the region and outside of it create too many unresolved issues, which in turn hinder the smooth development of cooperation.
The European Union (EU) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) are in the process of elaborating common energy security policies. The Europeans are significantly ahead in this field and have already started the creation of common energy market that is protected from foreign expansion.
It is inevitable that Russia ...
On February 9, 2016, the Russian International Affairs Council in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation hosted a Roundtable “
EU and Russia: Our Differences, Interconnections and the Way Forward
,” attended by many leading experts from Russia and the EU countries. The reasons for the profound crisis in ...
... crisis and fulfillment by Russia of the Minsk 2 agreements, that again highlights that EEU is perceived as Russia’s project.
So, the analysis of this exchange and the review of publications and expert statements in Europe on this issue shows that European Union considers the EEU as another Kremlin “reincarnation”, new version of USSR, where four member-states except Russia do not have any voice or any kind of subjectivity. And of course it was perceived as a sign of disrespect to other EEU members. Is it exactly ...
... economic resources if it is to continue its effort to “Pivot to the East” and create an independent pole of growth in Eurasia through the development of the Eurasian Economic Union. In this context, it is important for Russia’s relations with the European Union to be predictable, as the European Union is one of Russia’s key trade and economic partners and an important foreign policy actor.
Selective cooperation under the condition of mutual respect for the sovereignty and unconditional equality ...
... further development of the EEU project, until it becomes strong enough and leave Europe little choice but to take into account the interests of the EEU when shaping its foreign policy.
Nikolai Kaveshnikov:
Establishing and developing relations between the European Union and the EEU can become key components for shaping the positive development of Russia-EU relations in the future. However, this is only an outlook towards the future that we should bear in mind, while practical work in the coming years should focus on cooperation ...
