@article{Hanna Kharlan_2019, title={THE ROLE OF THE FRG IN IMPLEMENTING THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY AND THE EU EASTERN PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TOWARDS UKRAINE (2004-2019)}, url={https://mzu.history.org.ua/index.php/MZU/article/view/113}, DOI={10.15407/mzu2019.28.275}, abstractNote={<p>The article covers the peculiarities of the role of the Federal Republic of Germany in implementing the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership Program of the European Union towards&nbsp; Ukraine during 2004-2019. It is stated that the development and implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy has become a real reintroduction of the concept of “Europe of concentric circles”. With the aim of organizing cooperation in many strategically important for the EU areas, this initiative did not provide for membership prospects for countries outside the EU’s 2004 enlargement. The Eastern Partnership became a reflection of the European Neighbourhood Policy framework. From the very beginning Kyiv had no political will to join this program, since the proclaimed goal of foreign policy of our state was to gain full membership in the European Union.</p> <p>The Revolution of Dignity demonstrated the will of Ukrainian society to continue integration to Europe despite the plans of the pro-Russian political forces, which at that time were in power in our state. However, further actions proved the fact that nowadays the status of non-aligned state cannot be considered as the guarantee of security. The annexation of the Crimea, which contradicted to international law, and then proclamation of so-called Donetsk People`s Republic and Luhansk People`s Republic, immediately attracted attention of the world community. In these circumstances the inertial foreign policy strategies of the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union proved to be incapable to confront the threats posed by the development of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. The lack of a clear foreign policy strategy of the European Union in general and the Federal Republic of Germany in particular, and underestimation of Ukraine as a stable eastern border of the European Union, continue to prevent the successful implementation of the Eastern Partnership Program. The Ukrainian-German relations in the context of the EU`s Eastern policy require reconceptualization and qualitatively new content. First of all, it requires Germany`s support for reforms and eradication of corruption in Ukraine. The development of relations with our state should become the central task of the Eastern European policy of the Federal Republic of Germany in general and within the framework of the implementation of the EU`s Eastern Partnership Program in particular.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Kharlan, H. (2019). The Role of the FRG&nbsp; in Implementing the European Neighbourhood Policy and the EU Eastern Partnership Program Towards Ukraine (2004-2019). <em>Mìžnarodnì zv’âzki Ukraïni: naukovì pošuki ì znahìdki – The International relations of Ukraine: scientific searches and findings, </em>28, 275-298 [in Ukrainian].</p&gt;}, number={28}, journal={International Relations of Ukraine: Scientific Searches and Findings}, author={Hanna Kharlan}, year={2019}, month={Dec.}, pages={275-298} }