{"id":8,"date":"2024-04-04T05:13:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T02:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/eurus1\/5-riga-eastern-partnership-summit-and-future-eap-policy-and-eu-russia-relations\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T05:13:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T02:13:09","slug":"5-riga-eastern-partnership-summit-and-future-eap-policy-and-eu-russia-relations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/eurus1\/5-riga-eastern-partnership-summit-and-future-eap-policy-and-eu-russia-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"5. Riga Eastern Partnership Summit and the future of the EaP policy and EU-Russia relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1562655597208_427\">\r\n\t<strong id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1562655597208_429\"><span id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1562655597208_428\" style=\"OpenSans,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;small\">The lecture aims to achieve these objectives:<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1562655597208_318\">\r\n\t<li id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1562655597208_317\">\r\n\t\t<span id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1562655597208_430\" style=\"OpenSans,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;small\">give a brief overview of the EU\u2019s new leadership (President of the Commission and European Council, High Representative).<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1562655597208_431\">\r\n\t\t<span id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1562655597208_432\" style=\"OpenSans,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;small\">look at the expectations from the Riga Eastern Partnership Summit from the perspective of the EU and EaP countries.<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1562655597208_434\">\r\n\t\t<span id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1562655597208_433\" style=\"OpenSans,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;small\">examine the outcomes of the Eastern Partnership Summit as well as their impact on EU-Russia relations and the future of the EaP policy.<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1562655597208_334\">\r\n\t<span id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1562655597208_333\" style=\"OpenSans,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;small\">To successfully complete the last self-test, students need to read the compulsory study material and watch the video lecture.<\/span>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\n\t<\/p><div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9 mb-3\"><div class=\"video-placeholder-wrapper video-placeholder-wrapper--16x9\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"video-placeholder d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"overlay text-white p-2 w-100 text-center d-block justify-content-center align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t            <div>Kolmandate osapoolte sisu n\u00e4gemiseks palun n\u00f5ustu k\u00fcpsistega.<\/div>\n\t\t\t            <button class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-sm mt-1 consent-change\">Muuda n\u00f5usolekut<\/button>\n\t\t\t        <\/div>\n\t\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-5f1c9f3d-7fff-9926-4c76-38a2516c630b\" style=\"line-height:1.4000000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify\">\r\n\t<span style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\">We started our course by analysing EU-Russia relations in the wake of the Vilnius EaP Partnership Summit and now we arrived to the end point of our course which is the <strong>Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga<\/strong>. In this lecture, we are going to look at some <strong>leadership changes<\/strong> in the EU\u2019s Commission and European Council as well as discuss, in a round-table discussion, the main expectations from the Riga EaP summit and its outcomes.<\/span>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.4000000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify\">\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-f80421f1-7fff-997e-eabe-e9160b9534f9\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;background-color:#ffffff\">\r\n\t<span style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\">Before we turn to the examination of the Easter Partnership Summit in Riga, it is important to look at the<strong> leadership changes in the EU\u2019s key institutions<\/strong>, these being the Commission, which is the <\/span><span style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\">executive body of the EU; and European Council, which <\/span><span style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\">defines the general political direction and priorities of the European Union. Such clarifications could help us later to better understand how the leadership changes in the EU institutions impacted the EaP policy and EU-Russia relations.<\/span>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;background-color:#ffffff\">\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;background-color:#ffffff\">\r\n\t<span style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\">Let\u2019s start with the changes in the <strong>Commission<\/strong>. <\/span>In 2014, for the first time since the changes in the Lisbon treaty, the European Parliament had to elect the president of the Commission. The new changes required the European Parliament to elect the new Commission president with an absolute majority, instead of merely approving her\/him, as the previous Treaty stated. It also meant that the European Council had to put forward the candidate for the Commission President, taking into account European Parliament elections.\u00a0 Since EPP won the European Parliament elections and Junker campaigned as the candidate of this party, the\u00a0European Council\u00a0nominated him for the post. In July 2014, the\u00a0European Parliament\u00a0elected Juncker as the new Commission president, whereas in October EP approved and European Council formally appointed the Juncker\u2019s Commission.  Junker\u2019s main job is to decide on the organisation of the Commission, allocate portfolios to members of the Commission as well as to determine the Commission\u2019s policy agenda, defending the general European interest. He represents the Commission in European Council meetings; G7 and G20 summits; bilateral summits with third countries; and major debates in the European Parliament and the Council.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;background-color:#ffffff\">\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;background-color:#ffffff\">\r\n\t<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-00adc70e-7fff-067a-f39d-7b28b3641932\" style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\">The election of the <strong>President of the European Council,<\/strong> on the contrary, is not impacted by the EP elections.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\">The European Council elects its President for 2.5 years by qualified majority. The current president of the European Council is Donald Tusk and his main responsibilities are set out under\u00a0article 15 of the Treaty on the European Union\u00a0(TEU). In particular, the President of the European Council is responsible for: chairing European Council meetings and driving forward its work; helping to facilitate\u00a0cohesion and consensus\u00a0within the European Council; <\/span><span style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\">as well as insuring the\u00a0external representation of the EU.<\/span>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;background-color:#ffffff\">\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;background-color:#ffffff\">\r\n\t\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-1878e753-7fff-ac09-631e-7857bbaaadac\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;background-color:#ffffff\">\r\n\t<span style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\">Another important role within the EU institutional framework is <\/span><span style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\">the post of the <strong>High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy<\/strong>, who also serves as the Vice-President of the European Commission. <\/span> <span style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\"> The European Council appoints the High Representative through a \u2018qualified majority\u2019 vote; whereas the President of the Commission must be in agreement with the decision. The current post of the High Representative is held by Federica\u00a0Mogherini. Her <\/span><span style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\">role is wide-ranging.\u00a0It involves: steering foreign policy on behalf of the EU; coordinating the EU\u2019s foreign policy tools as the Vice-President of the European Commission; building consensus between the 28 EU countries and their respective priorities; and attending regular meetings between leaders of EU countries in the European Council.<\/span>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;background-color:#ffffff\">\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-f3765ab8-7fff-e647-85f4-2676be6a26ea\" style=\"line-height:1.4000000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;background-color:#ffffff\">\r\n\t<span style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\">The appointment of new president of the Commission, European Council and High Representative \u2013 certainly impacted the outlook of EU policies. But the elections of the EU\u2019s new leadership did not turn out without Member States\u2019 disagreements and divisions.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.4000000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;background-color:#ffffff\">\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-b9ab8eeb-7fff-2c53-2cec-17e11e085726\" style=\"line-height:1.4000000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify\">\r\n\t<span style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\">In the video discussion, our experts <\/span> <span style=\"NewRoman';color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline\"> examine the reasons for such disagreements and the impact of EU\u2019s new leadership on the EaP policy as well as analyse the expectations and results of the Riga EaP summit.<\/span>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.4000000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify\">\r\n\t\u00a0\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\r\n\t<strong>References:<\/strong>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\r\n\t<li id=\"docs-internal-guid-ad523f1d-7fff-dc52-b5e5-99cc4c2fcfbb\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">\r\n\t\t<span>EUROPA \u2013 European Union website<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li id=\"docs-internal-guid-7dae8dc6-7fff-2d11-928b-f5f74a8948fd\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\">\r\n\t\t<span>European Union External Action Service website\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\n\t<strong>Reading materials:<\/strong>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol style=\"margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:30px;color:#444444;14px;line-height:21px;background-color:#fefefe\">\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><i>EU presidents \u2013 who does what?<\/i>\u00a0European Union.<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000\"><i>The post of high representative of the Union for foreign affairs and security policy<\/i>. European Union external action.<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000\">Kadri Liik.\u00a0<i>View from EaP countries<\/i>. ECFR Riga series.<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000\">Hrant Kostanyan. The Eastern partnership after Riga: review and reconfirm. CEPS commentary.<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000\">Olena Khylko.\u00a0<i>Riga summit: implications for the Eastern partnership<\/i>. EESRI policy brief.<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<span style=\"color:#000000\">Jana Kobzova.\u00a0<i>Eastern partnership after Riga: rethink, reforms, resilience<\/i>. ECFR Riga series<\/span>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<br><div class=\"wp-block-group attached-files-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/364\/1._o_eu_presidents_-_who_does_what.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1._o_eu_presidents_-_who_does_what.pdf<\/a><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/364\/2._o_the_post_of_high_representative_of_the_union_for_foreign_affairs_and_security_policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2._o_the_post_of_high_representative_of_the_union_for_foreign_affairs_and_security_policy.pdf<\/a><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/364\/3._o_view_from_eap_countries.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3._o_view_from_eap_countries.pdf<\/a><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/364\/4._o_the_eastern_partnership_after_riga_review_and_reconfirm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4._o_the_eastern_partnership_after_riga_review_and_reconfirm.pdf<\/a><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/364\/5._o_riga_summit_implications_for_the_eastern_partnership.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5._o_riga_summit_implications_for_the_eastern_partnership.pdf<\/a><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/364\/6._o_eastern_partnership_after_riga_rethink_reforms_resilience.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">6._o_eastern_partnership_after_riga_rethink_reforms_resilience.pdf<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lecture aims to achieve these objectives: give a brief overview of the EU\u2019s new leadership (President of the Commission and European Council, High Representative). look at the expectations from the Riga Eastern Partnership Summit from the perspective of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":188,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/eurus1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/eurus1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/eurus1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/eurus1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/eurus1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/eurus1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/eurus1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/eurus1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}