Europe’s Neighbourhood: Crisis as the new normal

Europe’s European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) needs drastic reform to deal with a region now characterised by conflict, counter-revolution, and a resurgence of extremism, according to an ECFR Paper.

'Europe’s Neighbourhood: Crisis as the new normal' was submitted as a formal response to the European Commission consultation on the ENP, and calls for Europeans to wake up to the fact that, though their neighbourhood may be their geographical backyard, they neither own it nor control it. The old idea of bringing Europe's transformative influence gradually to bear on the 16 adjacent countries covered by the ENP needs to be overlaid with more hard-headed policies based on more focussed and realistic priorities.

ESO: Background information: Council conclusions on the Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-conclusions-on-the-review-of-the-european-neighbourhood-policy/

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