Европейская политика соседства с меньшим энтузиазмом оценила прогресс Армении в 2011 году

Европейская комиссия и Европейская служба внешних действий (EAS) оценивает прогресс в 12 странах-партнерах, включая Армению, с меньшим энтузиазмом. Об этом говорится в принятом 15 мая ежегодном пакете Европейской политики соседства, в котором оценивается прогресс, достигнутый в 2011 этими странами. В докладе рассматривается успехи реализации нового подхода Европейской политики соседства "больше взамен большего",  который был принят в прошлом году.

Как пишет издание Europolitics, в пакете содержатся рекомендации по дальнейшим действиям. В докладе, разработанном совместно Высоким представителем ЕС Кэтрин Эштон и комиссаром по расширению Штефаном Фюле, отмечается, что ЕС с "решимостью реагирует в быстро меняющейся ситуации в соседних странах". "Мы обсудим нашу работу с нашими непосредственными соседями, и я уверена, что мы продвинемся в правильном направлении", - заявила Эштон.

В докладе сообщается, что оценка Комиссии о прогрессе в 12 странах - Армении, Азербайджане, Беларуси, Египте, Грузии, Иордании, Ливане, Молдове, Марокко, Сирии, Тунисе, Украине, Алжире, Израиле, Ливии и на оккупированной палестинской территории - содержит мало энтузиазма.

Есть ряд вопросов, по которым страны-партнеры должны активизировать свои усилия с тем, чтобы провести реформы и разработать некоторые аспекты, где ЕС может оперативно посодействовать. В нем добавляется, что "невзирая на то, что прогресс не был универсальным. В прошлом году, многие партнеры предприняли решительные шаги, чтобы ускорить демократизацию и осуществление реформ. "В регионе были более или менее свободные и справедливые выборы и улучшены механизмы по защите основных свобод и прав человека", - отмечается в документе.

В двенадцати докладах были оценена ситуация по шести основным направлениям: политический диалог и реформы, экономические и социальные реформы, вопросы торговли, рыночные и регулирующие реформы, сотрудничество по вопросам правосудия, свободы и

безопасности, транспорта, энергетики, окружающей среды, информационного общества, научных исследований и развития, а также контакты между народами, образование и здравоохранение.

Отметим, что Европейская комиссия 25 мая 2011 года представила свой новый подход, который, как и прежний, ставит перед собой задачу укрепить двустороннее и региональное партнерство между ЕС и соседними государствами, но на этот раз исходя из принципа "больше финансовой помощи за проведение как можно больше реформ". Новый подход требует большего уровня дифференциации, который дает возможность каждому государству развивать свои отношения с ЕС настолько, насколько позволяют ему его чаяния, потребности и возможности.

 

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