Professor Tobias SCHUMACHER published a policy paper in the College of Europe Policy Brief series (CEPOB)

Professor Tobias SCHUMACHER has just published a policy paper entitled "Back to the Future: The ‘New’ ENP towards the Southern Neighbourhood and the End of Ambition", written within the framework of the College of Europe Policy Brief series (CEPOB).

             

The policy brief, commenting on the most recent review of the European Neighbourhood Policy, puts forward an argument that the objective of pleasing both EU member states and governmental partners in the EU’s neighbourhood meant ‘squaring the circle’ and, given the reform aversion of most Southern neighbourhood regimes, resulted in a major downgrading of the ENP’s future ambitions.

         

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