The EU failed "Eastern partnership"

The EU launched its own "Eastern space" to try to bring the power of the former Soviet Union under Russian influence.

Time and the real political situation in the world, however, demonstrated that European politicians will not step closer to the fulfillment of their own objectives.

The summit of "Eastern partnership" in Riga needs only to once again demonstrate the failure of the European venture for the removal of the States of the former Soviet Union from the influence of the Russian Federation. Enthusiasm to him, apparently, lost as the adherents of the invited countries and European civil servants.

The EU cannot offer invited to participate to the States Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine - nothing but the uncertain promise of potential in his time in further political and fiscal integration. Moreover, even Tbilisi and Kiev, from which all the guests of the event are more Pro-European, will not get virtually any conditional obligations of membership in the Union.

Considerable impact on European ambitions was the firm position of Russia regarding the Ukrainian crisis. Also, Belarus and Armenia joined the Eurasian financial Union, European civil servants are perceived as a direct competitor to its own structure.

And now the European Union has to decide what to do next - to strengthen the work on the "Eastern partnership" to the program, begun in 2009, brought some fruit, or quietly rolling her irrevocably. However if the former republics of the Soviet Union will continue to lose enthusiasm for European integration, the decision will be made for Europeans.

The main role in the fate of the program plays besides Russia, from the influence which the Europeans and they want to have additional powers. "The EU will never allow 3rd party installed him how to build policy towards other countries. And yet, in the future we will act more cautiously against Russia. It is likely that we did not have enough accuracy, lacked the breadth of views and preliminary discussion", - quotes The Guardian a senior European civil servant.

In addition, it became known that Azerbaijan has lost interest in the "Eastern partnership" - the President of the power of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will ignore the summit. And the best adepts of Belarus and Armenia has a formal character, because membership in the Eurasian Union closes to them powers to financial integration in Europe.

Also, it became known that Minsk and Yerevan refused to sign the final Declaration of the summit, because it is the condemnation of the reunification of Russia and Crimea, Reuters reports. It is for them to be prepared for a compromise version of the document which would have to reflect the opinion of all represented countries.

The summit of "Eastern partnership" held in Riga on 21-22 may. Some powers conferred upon him great expectations, but experts believe that virtually no significant agreements during the meeting will not be accepted. Not to mention the fact that the forum only to re-emphasize the program crash, created by Europeans to enticing the former States of the Soviet Union in its own sphere of influence.

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