Press Release: Neighbourhood at the crossroads – taking stock of a year of challenges

On 27 March 2014, the European Union's annual report on the implementation of its Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) showed a mixed picture.

Although 2013 was a year of crises in some of its partners, reflecting political instability and difficult socio-economic conditions, the EU continued to support efforts to enhance democratic governance, build security and support sustainable and inclusive development. Crucial political and economic reforms were implemented in several countries of the Neighbourhood while in other countries, democratic reforms and economic recovery achieved in previous years were threatened by national and regional security challenges.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: The ENP strategic review: The EU and its neighbourhood at a crossroads http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-enp-strategic-review-the-eu-and-its-neighbourhood-at-a-crossroads/

EU: EEAS: European Neighbourhood Policy http://eeas.europa.eu/topics/european-neighbourhood-policy-enp_en

ESO: Background information: ENP Country Progress Report 2013 – Lebanon http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-enp-country-progress-report-2013-lebanon/

ESO: Background information: ENP Package – Belarus http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-enp-package-belarus-2/

ESO: Background information: ENP Country Progress Report 2013 – Ukraine http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-enp-country-progress-report-2013-ukraine/

ESO: Background information: ENP Package – Syria http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-enp-package-syria-2/

ESO: Background information: ENP Country Progress Report 2013 – Georgia http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-enp-country-progress-report-2013-georgia/

ESO: Background information: ENP Country Progress Report 2013 – Armenia http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-enp-country-progress-report-2013-armenia/

ESO: Background information: ENP Country Progress Report 2013 – Egypt http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-enp-country-progress-report-2013-egypt/

ESO: Background information: ENP Country Progress Report 2013 – Jordan http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-enp-country-progress-report-2013-jordan/

ESO: Background information: ENP Country Progress Report 2013 – Republic of Moldova http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-enp-country-progress-report-2013-republic-of-moldova/

ESO: Background information: ENP Country Progress Report 2013 – Palestine http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-enp-country-progress-report-2013-palestine/

ESO: Background information: ENP Country Progress Report 2013 – Azerbaijan http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-enp-country-progress-report-2013-azerbaijan/

ESO: Background information: ENP Package – Algeria http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-enp-package-algeria-2/

ESO: Background information: ENP Country Report 2013 - Israel http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-enp-country-report-2013-israel/

ESO: Background information: ENP Package – Libya http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-enp-package-libya-2/

EUObserver, 27.03.14: EU neighbours: Instability, corruption, authoritarianism http://euobserver.com/foreign/123653

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