BRUSSELS—The review of the European Neighbourhood Policy, unveiled in Brussels on November 18 after a year-long process of reflection and consultation with a broader community of stakeholders in Europe and its neighboring countries, did not offer many surprises. While acknowledging many of the ENP’s flaws and the changed domestic and international environment in which EU institutions operate, the review failed to produce a radical overhaul of the relations between the EU and the 16 countries that surround it, from Belarus through the Southern Caucasus and the Middle East to Morocco.
This was a missed opportunity. The nature of the challenges and …read more