european neighborhood policy
the European neighbourhood policy (ENP)
The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is a specific form of regional foreign policy, that was developed in 2004, with two core strategic objectives. The first one is avoiding the emergence of new dividing lines between the enlarged EU and its neighbours, by creating a two-speed Europe, one integrated, stable, and affluent Europe in the West, and another less stable, much poorer, and less democratic in the East. The second one is strengthening the prosperity, stability and security of all, in fact, the ENP represents a shift in the EU’s strategy to ensure stability across its borders by the enlargement process, to a strategy of exporting its rules and norms without extending the union.
Each enlargement of the EU brings with it new neighbourhoods and alters the old ones. The enlargement would produce many negative effects for the neighbouring countries, for example, the accession of a new country implies automatically the application of the EU’s external tariffs between the new member state and its direct neighbours. Furthermore the new member state must accept the Schengen acquis which complicate the visa procedures and make it more expensive.
The aim of the ENP is trying to reduce these negative effects. Romano Prodi, the former president of the European Commission, defined the objectives of the ENP as creating “a ring of friends” around the Union. The ENP’s objectives are defined in the European Commission’s strategy paper of may 2004 as following: “The objective of the ENP is to share the benefits of the EU’s 2004 enlargement with neighbouring countries in strengthening stability, security and well-being for all concerned. It is designed to prevent the emergence of new dividing lines between the enlarged EU and to offer them the chance to participate in various EU activities, through greater political, security, economic and cultural co-operation”. The ENP is based on the values of democracy, rule of law and
The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is a specific form of regional foreign policy, that was developed in 2004, with two core strategic objectives. The first one is avoiding the emergence of new dividing lines between the enlarged EU and its neighbours, by creating a two-speed Europe, one integrated, stable, and affluent Europe in the West, and another less stable, much poorer, and less democratic in the East. The second one is strengthening the prosperity, stability and security of all, in fact, the ENP represents a shift in the EU’s strategy to ensure stability across its borders by the enlargement process, to a strategy of exporting its rules and norms without extending the union.
Each enlargement of the EU brings with it new neighbourhoods and alters the old ones. The enlargement would produce many negative effects for the neighbouring countries, for example, the accession of a new country implies automatically the application of the EU’s external tariffs between the new member state and its direct neighbours. Furthermore the new member state must accept the Schengen acquis which complicate the visa procedures and make it more expensive.
The aim of the ENP is trying to reduce these negative effects. Romano Prodi, the former president of the European Commission, defined the objectives of the ENP as creating “a ring of friends” around the Union. The ENP’s objectives are defined in the European Commission’s strategy paper of may 2004 as following: “The objective of the ENP is to share the benefits of the EU’s 2004 enlargement with neighbouring countries in strengthening stability, security and well-being for all concerned. It is designed to prevent the emergence of new dividing lines between the enlarged EU and to offer them the chance to participate in various EU activities, through greater political, security, economic and cultural co-operation”. The ENP is based on the values of democracy, rule of law and