ABSTRACT
The European Neighbourhood Policy is a key part of the foreign policy of the European Union (EU), through which the EU works with its southern and eastern neighbours with a view to furthering its interests and achieving the closest possible degree of political association and economic integration. The policy is underpinned by a set of values and principles that the EU seeks to promote.
The European Neighbourhood Policy – Values and Principles carries out a legal analysis of the values and principles that form the basis for the European Neighbourhood Policy – respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights (including the rights of minorities), plus the principles of conditionality, differentiation and coherence.
This collection explores the instruments that the EU has deployed under the European Neighbourhood Policy to spread its values and to achieve its interests. It assesses to what extent the EU has been (and is) consistent in upholding its values in its relations with neighbouring countries, and examines how these values have been received by these countries. The book looks in particular at the nature of EU-Russia relations, seeking to identify areas of common interest as well as those of actual and potential disagreement.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|70 pages
EU values and their contestation
chapter Chapter 1|22 pages
The fluid concept of ‘EU values' in the neighbourhood
chapter Chapter 2|25 pages
Promoting EU values in the neighbourhood through EU financial instruments and restrictive measures
chapter Chapter 3|21 pages
The contestation of values in the European Neighbourhood Policy
part 2|33 pages
Techniques to promote EU values
chapter Chapter 5|13 pages
EU values in integration-oriented agreements with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia
part III|30 pages
The EU's values in EU–Russia relations
chapter Chapter 6|15 pages
Shared values and interests in the conflictual relationship between the EU and Russia
part IV|40 pages
The ENP and the principle of coherence