The 4th Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit, which took place on 21 and 22 May in Riga, Latvia, has not significantly contributed to any major political decision which was on the the agenda. The European Commission and Ukraine signed a memorandum of understanding and a loan agreement for 1.8 billion Euros in the third EU Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) programme. But neither Georgia, nor Ukraine, have been granted visa free-regimes with the EU – one of their key priorities. The expectation within the two EaP governments had been high, especially after the EU liberalised travel with another EaP country, Moldova, in April …read more
Source: European Public Affairs
