Russia’s war in Ukraine is challenging the Euro-Atlantic security architecture and leading to a rethink of the EU’s neighborhood policy. While Ukraine is fighting for its survival as a state, countries like Moldova and Georgia could be the next targets of Russian aggression. In this context, a possible fast track for EU membership is being discussed. Is such a membership perspective something that Ukraine and other neighbors to the EU’s east need at this point, or would it lead to devaluation of the entire process? On this panel, we will discuss the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on countries like Georgia and Moldova – including the membership perspective for all three states – and on the future of the EU’s Eastern Partnership policy.
The event is organized in cooperation with the Embassy of Lithuania in Germany.
Speakers:
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Member of Ukraine’s Parliament and Head of its Committee on Integration into the European Union
Salome Samadashvili, Member of Georgia’s Parliament and Political Secretary of Lelo, a Georgian Opposition Party
Mihail Popsoi, Member and Deputy Speaker of Moldova’s Parliament; President of the Party of Action and Solidarity Faction
Discussants:
Viola von Cramon, MEP, Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, Greens/EFA
Andrius Kubilius, MEP, Chair of the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, EPP
Moderator:
Stefan Meister, Head of the International Order and Democracy Program, DGAP
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Please note that this event will be recorded.
For any questions, please contact Yulia Loeva (events@dgap.org)