Russia in Europe

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Russia-EU

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EU – Russia: Trade, 2011, Russia’s turnover, percentage

Source: http://www.ved.gov.ru

47,952,1EUOthers

EU – Russia: incoming FDI, percentage

Source: European Commission

75

25

EUOthers

EU – Russia: Trade, 2011• Russia – EU’s 2nd imports source after

China• Energy - 78,9% of imports from Russia

• Russia – EU’s 4th exports destination after the US, Switzerland and China

EU – Russia PCA

• Concluded – 1994• Entered into force – 1997• Since 2007 – “automatically renewed”• New EU-Russia agreement – negotiations

EU-Russia Road Maps on Common Spaces, 2005

• Common economic space

• Common space on freedom, security and justice

• Common space on external security

• Common space on research, education and culture

• Criticism

Common Economic Space

• Free trade area Customs union Common market Economic and monetary union

• WTO WTO+ Free trade area• Russia’s WTO accession process –1993 - 2012• Customs Union, 2010 (Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus)

Common Space on Freedom, Security and Justice

• Freedom of movement – visas, readmission, immigration, asylum

• Fight against terrorism, false documents, money laundering, illegal drug trafficking, human trafficking, corruption, theft

• Effectiveness of courts, civil & criminal justice, EUROJUST

Common space on external security

• Foreign Policy dialogue• Fight against terrorism• Non-proliferation of WMD• Crisis-management• Emergency response

Common space on external security: Obstacles

• Political developments in Russia• Georgia• Frozen conflicts (Transdniestria, Karabakh)• Lack of trust

Common space on external security: Solutions

• Medvedev – Merkel, Meseberg palace, June 2010 – EU-Russia Committee on Foreign and Security Policy

Common space on research, education and culture

• Knowledge based society, modernization

• Bologna process, exchanges

• European identity based on common values including freedom of expression, democratic functioning of media, respect for human rights including minority rights

Research & Innovation• Russia - the most successful (by funding) “third country”

participating in FP6

• “Partnership for modernization” 2010 http://formodernization.com/: Investments SME Leveling of technical standards Intellectual property rights Transport / Low carbon economy Energy Efficiency Climate change Research Space Efficiency of courts Fight against corruption

Seminar

• EU-Russia Road map for External Security: What is there to change?

• European Council on Foreign Relations - European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2013: The effectiveness of the EU foreign policy

• The EEAS Review 2013 - Lessons learnt• The EU and defence: today and tomorrow - See:

http://iss.europa.eu/publications