Abstract:
This paper will explore the challenges and opportunities facing both parties in the development of their relations as they pursue their own particular objectives. It will start by exploring the three potentially disparate agendas, which currently affect relations, namely the EU’s agenda towards Ukraine, Ukraine’s agenda towards the EU and the potential role of new member
states in EU-Ukraine relations. The paper will then go on to explore fertile
ground for increasing the degree of integration between the Ukraine and the
EU (namely, economic issues, Justice and Home Affairs, the Common Foreign and Security Policy, civil society and cross-border co-operation) thereby
providing a foundation for the third and final part of the paper – an outline
of a road map to guide future relations.
