Shadow of Ukraine conflict will loom heavily over Riga conference, showing flagship programme to woo eastern Europe away from Moscow to be in turmoilA summit in Riga this week is likely to highlight the failure of the EU’s flagship programme designed to entice six former Soviet states out of Moscow’s orbit and into the embrace of Brussels.The Eastern Partnership scheme was set up in 2009 in response to Russian actions in Georgia, and was meant to check Russia’s ambitions in what Moscow regards as its “near abroad”, while offering the vaguest of suggestions of future EU membership. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
