Ukraine and the European Neighbourhood Policy

The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) was crafted in the late stages of the European Union’s (EU) eastward enlargement once it had become clear that ten new members would be joining. That impending event served to concentrate EU officials’ minds on two related questions: first, how to respond to further requests for membership that could be expected from states in eastern Europe and perhaps elsewhere; and, second, how best to manage the effects of the coming enlargement on the EU’s immediate neighbourhood. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.