... striving for the EU integration."
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In addition to the basic errors within the Eastern Partnership, Brussels appears ready to recognize its mistakes along the Armenian... ... guarantees, which has played a large role in determining Armenia's decision to join the Customs Union. In addition, some EU lawmakers believe that Brussels has been invariably... ... Yerevan, and, more so, there are also many supporters of Azerbaijan and Turkey. The European Union has long regarded Armenia as a problematic country, which brings more...
... would have, had things gone another way.
It has long been known that the talks between the EU and Ukraine should end at the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius, with the signing of a Free Trade and Association Agreement. It’s been known that ... ... geopolitical interests, and that it would much prefer to see its South-Western neighbour join its own regional integration project, the Customs Union. It’s been known that Moscow will deploy every tool to undermine it – and that it has a number of areas ...
... Moscow-Brussels, now additional tiers emerge, i.e. EU – Customs Union and Eurasian Economic Commission and EU members – Customs Union.
A negative scenario for relations between the European Union and CU-CES could be the absence of cooperation and tough competition over influence in the post-Soviet space, followed ... ... likely to be found in a WTO-based broad free trade zone uniting the EU and integrating Eurasian states.
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. For details on the Eastern Partnership and its activities see: O.Arutyunyan, A.Sergunin. Eastern Partnership: the Second Wind // Observer 1/2012....
... International Politics, Vol. 49, 4, pp. 418-433.
[7] Veronika Movchan and Volodymyr Shportyuk: EU-Ukraine DCFTA: the Model for Eastern Partnership Regional Trade Cooperation. CASE Network Studies & Analyses No.445. Warsaw: CASE – Center for Social ... ...
[8] Veronika Movchan and Ricardo Giucci: Quantitative Assessment of Ukraine’s Regional Integration Options: DCFTA with European Union vs. Customs Union with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Berlin/Kyiv: Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting. November ...
... concerns. According to what was agreed last Monday, Mr Yanukovych now has until the Eastern Partnership summit due to take place in Vilnius in November to take action –... ... EU (itself relying on Russian gas to a degree), can outperform Russia at home.
The European Union is also clearly asking a lot in return for the trade boost that the DCFTA... ... relations is unlikely as no side bows to the other. Whether an agreement to join the Customs Union will be reached is not for this article to reveal - but, amidst fears...
