06/06/2006
The central objective of this final report is to try to identify the best forms of enhanced economic integration between the EU and Ukraine, the Russian Federation, Egypt, Morocco and Algeria, from the perspective of the Netherlands and the EU as a whole. European Neighborhood Policy is a new framework for the EU’s relations with its neighbouring countries.
This report looks at economic integration and its prospects between the European Union (EU) and five of its neighbour countries: Ukraine, Russia, Egypt, Morocco and Algeria. Of these, all countries but Russia are formally part of the EU’s recent European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) initiative. The five countries covered in this report are medium to large in terms of population, but small in economic terms, relative to the EU. Analysis related to this question takes into account the current levels of economic development of the ENP countries and the current character and intensity of integration and institutional capacities on both sides. The report also acknowledges limitations in policy-making originating in the fact that some elements of economic integration have already been defined.
