Eastern Partnership
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) has been officially put forward at the meeting of the Council of the European Union on June, 19-20th, 2008 in Brussels:
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) has been officially put forward at the meeting of the Council of the European Union on June, 19-20th, 2008 in Brussels:
"The European Council welcomes the proposals for developing the eastern dimension of the European Neighbourhood Policy, which will aim at enhancing EU policy towards eastern ENP partners in bilateral and multilateral formats." (Presidency Conclusions, Brussels European Council)On December, 3rd, 2008 the European Commission presented its Communication on the Eastern Partnership. On March, 19-20th, 2009 the Council of the European Union accepted the Commission's proposal. Finally, on May, 7th, 2009 in Prague all the representatives of the 27 EU member states and the partner countries (Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaidshan) officially founded the Eastern Partnership.
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| EU HR Javier Solana, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and the Czech Republic Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek during their speeches at the Eastern Partnership Summit. Foto: Photographic service of the Council of the EU © European Communities |
