The ENP’s revision: More of the EU’s timid rhetoric?1

• International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
• 25/06/2017

When the EU reported on it revised external policies in its neighbourhood, did it deliberately overlook its shortcomings and meagre deliverables? Is the EU shying away from following a harder line with southern neighbours to achieve the agreed-upon objectives of political reform? Worst still, is the maintenance of the status quo a goal in itself?