CEPS Neighbourhood Watch Issue No 2

The CEPS Neighbourhood Watch takes over from the CEPS South East Europe Monitor, whose 61st and last edition appeared in January 2005.

This issue presents the latest from the European Commission on the European Neighbourhood Policy: 1) the European Commission’s recommendations for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and for Egypt and Lebanon included in a Communication form the Commission to the Council published in March 2005; and 2) the speech by the Vice-President of the European Commission Margot Wallström delivered to Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly in Cairo on 14 March 2005. The Council appointed an EU Special Representative for Moldova on 16 March 2005 and we offer the press release on the Council’s choice.

The issue also provides updates from the CEPS Strategic Agenda for the Greater European Neighbourhood (Stratagen), a CEPS programme for 2005-2010. Included are references to CEPS books and working documents from the Stratagen programme as well as the executive summary of a recently published CEPS paper on the southern dimension of the ENP: “From Barcelona Process to Neighbourhood Policy: Assessments and Open Issues” by Michael Emerson and Gergana Noutcheva.

To read the issue in full, visit the CEPS website.