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22 of May, 17:31

Head of the EU: the European Union is still afraid of the Eastern neighbors
Alexander Shishlo. Western European member countries of the European Union continues to provide for himself the danger from participants of the program " Eastern partnership ", said the head of the European economic and social Department (EESC) Andre Males.

"What we call a European perspective, when we have nothing or very little do to eliminate ignorance and distrust that remains between us? I mean, for example, Western European countries, which continue to observe the danger from our neighbors to the East ", - the press service quoted the EESC message of its leader at the conference "Eastern partnership" in Riga.

Thus Males showed the difficult socio-economic situation in the countries-participants of the program of political Association and economic integration with the EU.

"What we call a European perspective, asked the head of the EESC, preparing advice on economic and social issues for the European Commission and the EU Council - the trade between our countries is stagnating or declining, unemployment is increasing everywhere, when in the countries of "Eastern partnership" only "European" perspective for tens of thousand of young men is a departure in the countries of the European Union to obtain jobs for which they smirkalicious?" "University professors who work as bartenders or housemaids," now, What a shame!", said Males.

The program "Eastern partnership" includes political Association and economic integration of the EU with Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The last 3 countries last year signed the Association agreement with the EU partnership, which has already ratified the overwhelming majority of EU countries.

sections: Politics

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