A German view of ENP Christine Normann, Ingo Schuster

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A German view of ENP Christine Normann, Ingo
Schuster

• A. Traditional Pillars EU policy (Ingo)
• B. German view on ENP (Christine)
• C. Remarks on ENP (Ingo)

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Traditional five pillars of German European
Policy

• Advocating interests of small and medium member
  countries (consulting BENELUX countries etc.)
• German-British relations (pulling the Isles
  towards the continent)
• German-US relations (bridging the atlantic
  divide)
• Advocating enlargement for new member states
  (Support for 2004 wave of entrants)
• German-French relations (pushing for integration,
  deepening Union)

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Changing quality of traditional pillars

• There is no traditional pillar that has not seen
  some damage during the last years
• BENELUX/discontinued
• US/Iraq
• GB/budgetIraqcompletion of internal market
• F/constitution
• EU-10/restrictions on movement of workers

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B. German view on ENP 1. Introduction

• General impression
• Strong support for the ENP
• No proper concept on Neighbourhood Policy
• Literature
• No official document on Neighbourhood Policy
• Political debate
• ENP mentioned very general very specific
  (media)
• Academic research interest

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Structure

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Main characteristics of the German point of
  view?
• 3. Example /Case Study The Orange Revolution in
  Ukraine
• 4. Conclusion
• Discussion Possible cooperation within the
  Weimar Triangle especially Poland

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Main characteristics of Germanpoint of view

• Strong support for the ENP
• Strong support for its aims and instruments
• ENP as alternative to EU-membership (Ukraine,
  Moldova?)
• Intensify relations - avoid new dividing lines
• Extension of the European Economic Area
• Academic critic Every thing but institutions?
• East more interesting than South (Israel,
  Palestine?)

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Main characteristics of Germanpoint of view ctd.

• General enlargement fatigue
• EU-25 Romania Bulgaria Turkey? Croatia?
  other Balkan states? ?
• Strong integrated EU -gt need for internal
  consolidation
• Externally Stabilisation through ENP, not
  EU-perspective any longer
• Historical and political definition of borders

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Main characteristics of Germanpoint of view ctd.

• Mediterranean region
• Less attention
• Problems Soft security and illegal migration
• Business intersts
• Eastern region
• More attention
• Bilateral relations with NIS
• Ukraine membership-question left aside
• Preconditions
• German-Polish approach

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Main characteristics of Germanpoint of view ctd.

• Strategic partnership with Russia
• Cornerstone of EUs CFSP
• Regular summits Personal friendship
• No open critique increasingly authoritarian rule
  undermined democracy

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3. Case Study The Orange Revolution in Ukraine

• German behaviour
• Political and public reaction attention and
  sympathy
• Support of EU action
• Negotiations with Russia
• German-Polish cooperation
• German argumentation (evaluation of the political
  and public debate)
• Important contribution towards stabilisation and
  democracy
• Integration of Russia into the conflict
  resolution
• ENP as the right approach
• If membership-perspective, then based on respect
  of values
• Now no overstretching of the EU, but integrated
  political EU

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5. Conclusion and perspectives

• Strong support, no proper concept
• Enlargement fatigue, (Ukraine, Moldova?)
• Regional preference Eastern not Mediterranean
• Strategic partnership with Russia
• Possible cooperation with Poland

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Outlook on Germanys role in ENP

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• enlargement no longer instrument of
  neighbourhood policy, ENP is supported but not
  priority of D foreign policy
• new pillar Russia added as bilateral axis to
  growing criticism of EU-10, esp. PL (Baltic Sea
  oil pipeline, handling of Belarus, Russian
  internal affairs)
• Turkey discussion failed to make impact in
  general elections, notable lack of foreign policy
  issues in election campaign

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4. Possible cooperation within the Weimar
Triangle especially Poland

• Weimar Triangle Political statement but no
  concrete measures
• Germany France
• Common interest in stabilisation and
  democratisation
• But different regional preferences (France
  Mediterranean Germany East)
• Germany Poland
• Common interests in stabilisation and
  democratisation

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Germany Poland Differences
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• German-Polish cooperations - During the Orange
  Revolution in Ukraine- Draft elements regarding
  a European policy for Ukraine, 12th of October
  2004 - Among academic research institutions