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Civil Society Voices: How the EU Should Engage Its Eastern Neighbours

  • When
  • May 13, 2015
    10:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. (EDT)
  • Where
  • Open Society European Policy Institute
    Square de Meeûs 5-6
    Brussels, 1000
    Belgium

The Open Society European Policy Institute invites you to the launch of Civil Society Voices: How the EU Should Engage Its Eastern Neighbours. This policy paper—the result of extensive discussions with experts and civil society leaders from the Eastern Partnership countries—highlights local concerns and expectations about the EU’s future role in the region and its commitment to support stability and democracy.

Will the EU succumb to Russian pressure and backtrack on its political role in the Eastern Partnership region? How can the EU help the three signatories of association agreements bear the high political, economic, and security costs and make the most of the association process? What is the EU’s leverage with the other three partners who do not pursue closer integration? As EU policymakers prepare for the Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga, panelists will grapple with these questions while engaging with the content of the paper and its findings.

Speakers

  • Sabine Freizer is a senior fellow (nonresident) at Atlantic Council Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center & Transatlantic Relations Program.
  • Iskra Kirova is a policy analyst at the Open Society European Policy Institute.
  • Arnoldas Pranckevicius is adviser to the president of the European Parliament.
  • Pierre Vimont is a senior associate at Carnegie Europe.
  • Heather Grabbe (moderator) is the director of the Open Society European Policy Institute.

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