"Больше за большее" превращается в "меньше за меньшее"?

Европейский союз вынужден пересмотреть свою стратегию в отношении целого ряда ее восточных соседей после серии неудач в области прав человека и демократического управления в нескольких из шести стран-партнеров.

При запуске Восточное партнерство было воспринят как механизм, который позволил бы ЕС и шести ближайшим соседям, Азербайджану, Армении, Беларуси, Грузии, Молдове и Украине, извлечь выгоду из тесных отношений с Европейским Союзом, щедрую экономическую помощь и перспективы дальнейшей интеграции. Был выдуман лозунг "больше за большее" - страны-партнеры получат больше, если они предпримут больше шагов в области реформ, как политических, так и экономических.

За последние месяцы однако, достижения нескольких из шести стран-партнеров в отношении прав человека, основных свобод и демократического управления, прошли путь от плохих к ещё худшим. Сначала была Беларусь, с которой Европейский Союз имел сложные отношения в течение многих лет. Дело дошло до главного саммита Восточного партнерства в Варшаве в конце сентября, когда страны-партнеры отказались присоединиться к ЕС в осуждении Беларуси.

Есть нерешенные вопросы, а в последнее время также возникли новые вопросы со странами Южного Кавказа.

Тем не менее, решение киевского суда приговорить бывшего украинского премьер-министра Юлии Тимошенко к семи годам лишения свободы, превращает то, что было проблемой в кризис. Европейский Союз - вместе с США, Великобританией, Россией и генеральным секретарем ООН - осудили киевский суд и в значительной степени обвиняют украинское правительство в преследовании своих оппонентов. Это когда Киев председательствует в Совете Европы, и скоро будет председательствовать в ОБСЕ.

В заявлении Европейского Союза четко сказано, что ЕС должна пересмотреть свои отношения с Украиной. В то время как мирный и упорядоченный переход власти от президента Ющенко к Президенту Януковичу обозначил высокую точку в политической зрелости Украины, тюремное заключение Тимошенко является свидетельством того, насколько значительно ситуация ухудшилась с тех пор.

Европейский Союз не может игнорировать события в странах восточных соседей. Вполне возможно, что лозунг "больше за большее" превратится в "меньше за меньшее".

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