Alex Groza

What Can Be Offered at the Riga Eastern Partnership Summit?

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• published: 14 Sep 2014
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What is at the heart of the EU’s Eastern Partnership policy? If it is about client country needs, then EU members should start by meeting client interests. But in the current geopolitical stand-off, the Eastern Partnership also requires a two-fold political objective. First, to keep the door to future membership open for countries that seek and sign an Association Agreement. Second, there should be an understanding of the value that may be added to Europe from the relationships and activities with the Eastern Partnership countries. What kinds of modest and bold deliverables can be obtained at the Summit, and what will be the benchmarks for progress? Speakers: Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Alex Petriashvili, State Minister of Georgia on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Titus Corlăţean, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Iulian Groza, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova Dr. Daniela Schwarzer, Director of the Europe Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States Moderator: Dr. Sylke Tempel, Editor-in-Chief, Internationale Politik