The European Neighbourhood is the region beyond the frontier of the European Union. It comprises primarily developing countries, who seek one day to become either component states of the European Union itself, or more closely aligned to the economy of the European Union. A frontier is a political and geographical term referring to areas near or beyond a boundary, or of a different nature. ...

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The European Union offers financial assistance to countries within the European Neighbourhood, so long as they meet the strict conditions of government reform, economic reform and other issues surrounding positive transformation. This process is normally underpinned by an Action Plan, as agreed by both Brussels and the target country. Image File history File links European_Neighbourhood_Policy. ... Image File history File links European_Neighbourhood_Policy. ...  EFTA countries (except Switzerland)  EU countries Together these form the EEA. The European Economic Area (EEA) came into being on January 1, 1994 following an agreement between the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the European Union (EU). ... The European Union (EU) was created by six founding states in 1957 (following the earlier establishment by the same six states of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952) and has grown to 27 member states. ... Stabilisation and Association process  SAp states SAp states and EU candidate countries EU candidate countries only  EU member states In talks with countries who have expressed the wish to join the European Union (EU), the EU typically concludes Association Agreements in exchange for commitments to political, economic, trade, or human... Two parts of the Treaty of Rome deal with special relationships: Article 299 which sets out the territories to which the treaty applies, supplemented by the accession treaties; and Articles 182-188 and Annex II on association with the non-European countries and territories which have special relations with the... The European Union has a number of relationships with nations that are not formally part of the Union. ... The European Union has a number of relationships with nations that are not formally part of the Union. ... The European Union has a number of relationships with nations that are not formally part of the Union. ... The Eurozone (also called Euro Area, Eurosystem or Euroland) refers to the European Union member states that have adopted the euro currency union. ... Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ...

The European Neighbourhood Policy does not cover countries which are in the process of joining the European Union and those covered by the Stabilisation and Association process that have the same aim. ENP also does not cover the EFTA states and with Customs unions with the European Union. The European Union (EU) was created by six founding states in 1957 (following the earlier establishment by the same six states of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952) and has grown to 27 member states. ... Stabilisation and Association process  SAp states SAp states and EU candidate countries EU candidate countries only  EU member states In talks with countries who have expressed the wish to join the European Union (EU), the EU typically concludes Association Agreements in exchange for commitments to political, economic, trade, or human... The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was established on May 3, 1960 as an alternative for European states that were not allowed or did not wish to join the European Community (now the European Union). ... The European Union has a number of relationships with nations that are not formally part of the Union. ...

The EU typically concludes Association Agreements in exchange for commitments to political, economic, trade, or human rights reform in a country. In exchange, the country may be offered tariff-free access to some or all EU markets (industrial goods, agricultural products, etc), and financial or technical assistance. Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank   Money supply Fiscal policy Spending   Deficit   Debt Trade policy Tariff   Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate   Personal Public   Banking   Regulation        For other uses of this word, see tariff (disambiguation). ...

According to the European Union's official site, the objective of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is to share the benefits of the EU’s 2004 enlargement with neighbouring countries. It is also designed to prevent the emergence of new dividing lines between the enlarged EU and its neighbours. The vision is that of a ring of countries, drawn into further integration, but without necessarily becoming full members of the European Union. The policy was first outlined by the European Commission on March 2003. The countries covered include all of the Mediterranean shores of Africa and Asia, as well as the European CIS states (with the exception of Russia and Kazakhstan) in the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. Russia insisted on the creation of the four EU-Russia Common Spaces instead of ENP participation. Berlaymont, the Commissions seat The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ...  Member state  Associate member Headquarters Minsk, Belarus Working language Russian Type Commonwealth Membership 11 member states 1 associate member Leaders  -  Executive Secretary Viktor Yanukovych Establishment December 21, 1991 Website http://cis. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Caucasus Mountains. ... When the European Union unveiled its European Neighbourhood Policy program Russia choosed to stay out of it, because it doesnt want to be part of a process centered around the EU. Russia stated that it wants to be an equal partner of the EU (as opposed to the junior...

The Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry has expressed interest in the ENP [1]. Some MEPs also discussed Kazakhstan's inclusion in the ENP [2]. A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP)[1] is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ...

History

The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership or Barcelona Process is a wide framework of political, economic and social relations between member states of the EU and countries of the Southern Mediterranean. It was initiated on 27-28 November 1995 through a conference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, held in Barcelona. Besides the 27 member states of the European Union, the remaining "Mediterranean Partners" are all other Mediterranean countries without Libya (which has had 'observer status' since 1999). Since the establishment of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument in 2007 the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership initiative will become fully a part of the wider European Neighbourhood Policy. The conference is sometimes referred to by European sources as Common Strategy on the EU countries, and 12 Middle East and North African countries. ... The European Union has a number of relationships with nations that are not formally part of the Union. ...

The Association Agreements signed with the Mediterranean states aim at establishing of a Euro-Mediterranean free trade area. A European Union Association Agreement (for short, Association Agreement or AA) is a treaty between the European Union (EU) and a non-EU country that creates a framework for co-operation between them. ... The Euro-Mediterranean free trade area (EU-MEFTA) is based on the Barcelona Process and European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). ...

Overview

History of EU expansion and influence

Enlargement

European Empire

Eurosphere

Foreign relations

Neighbourhood Policy

Overseas interventions

Pax Europea

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In recent history, such agreements are signed as part of two EU policies: Stabilisation and Association process (SAp) and European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The countries of the Mediterranean and the East European EU neighbours (including South Caucasus, but excluding Russia that insists on creating four EU-Russia Common Spaces) are covered by ENP trough the External Relations directorate-general. In the ENP Association Agreements (as in similar AAs signed with Mexico and other states) there is no mention of EU membership - this is a concern only to the European ENP states, because for the Mediterranean it is obvious that they cannot join the union in its current form because they are not located in Europe. The ENP AAs are similar to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreements signed with CIS states in the 1990s and to the multiple other AAs governing the relations between the EU and other third countries. The ENP stipulates that after signing of AA with a particular country the EU will make a Country Report and then the two sides will agree on an Action Plan drafted by the EU (including particular reforms, actions and also aid by the EU) for the next 3 to 5 years. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The European Union (EU) was created by six founding states in 1957 (following the earlier establishment by the same six states of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952) and has grown to 27 member states. ... European Empire is a relatively new and obscure phrase used to describe the rapid expansion of the European Union. ... The concept of the ‘Eurosphere’ or ‘European Empire’ has grown in popularity in the early years of the 21st century, and is associated with the public intellectual, Mark Leonard,[1] the academic at the University of Oxford, Jan Zielonka,[2] and the strategist and European Union Director-General for Politico... Foreign relations of the European Union Foreign relations of Austria Foreign relations of Belgium Foreign relations of Cyprus Foreign relations of the Czech Republic Foreign relations of Denmark Foreign relations of Estonia Foreign relations of Finland Foreign relations of France Foreign relations of Germany Foreign relations of Greece Foreign relations... The European Security and Defence Policy or ESDP is a major element of the Common Foreign and Security Policy pillar of the European Union (EU). ... Pax Europea, Latin for the European peace, is the long period of relative peace experienced by Northern and Western Europe (including Greece and Turkey) in the period following World War II—often associated above all with the creation of the European Union and its predecessors. ... Stabilisation and Association process  SAp states SAp states and EU candidate countries EU candidate countries only  EU member states In talks with countries who have expressed the wish to join the European Union (EU), the EU typically concludes Association Agreements in exchange for commitments to political, economic, trade, or human... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... South Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan South Caucasus (also referred sometimes as Transcaucasus) is a name to the transitional region between Europe and Asia extending from the Greater Caucasus to the Turkish and Iranian borders, between the Black and Caspian seas. ... When the European Union unveiled its European Neighbourhood Policy program Russia choosed to stay out of it, because it doesnt want to be part of a process centered around the EU. Russia stated that it wants to be an equal partner of the EU (as opposed to the junior... The Directorate-General for the External Relations (DG RELEX) is a department of the European Commission, responsible for the external policy. ... The Copenhagen criteria are the rules that define whether a country is eligible to join the European Union. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... A European Union Association Agreement (Association Agreement) is a treaty between the European Union (EU) and a non-EU country that creates a framework for co-operation between them. ...  Member state  Associate member Headquarters Minsk, Belarus Working language Russian Type Commonwealth Membership 11 member states 1 associate member Leaders  -  Executive Secretary Viktor Yanukovych Establishment December 21, 1991 Website http://cis. ...

Both the SAA and ENP AP are based mostly on the EU's Acquis communautaire and its promulgation in the cooperating states legislation. Of course the depth of the harmonisation is less than for full EU members and some policy areas may not be covered (depending on the particular state). The French term acquis (or sometimes acquis communautaire) is used in European Union law to refer to the total body of EU law accumulated so far. ... Legislation (or statutory law) is law which has been promulgated (or enacted) by a legislature or other governing body. ...

There are some indications [3] that the ENP countries may be divided into two groups - European states with explicitly stated EU membership possibility for the long term and Mediterranean states with no such statement in the Action Plans.

Association Agreements have to be ratified by all the EU member states. Ratification is the act of giving official sanction to a formal document such as a treaty or constitution. ... EU member states and candidates There are currently 25 member states in the European Union. ...

AA signed with the Mediterranean states also include a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and the third country. For the East European EU neighbours covered by the ENP such provisions are expected for some of the next Action Plan periods. Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ...

European Neighbourhood Policy

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See also

• Mediterranean Union
• Eurosphere