On 9 and 10 July, the Centre for Liberal Modernity organized the inter­na­tional confer­ence “EU Enlarge­ment — a geopo­lit­ical necessity and the next steps for the EU candidate states” with its partner orga­ni­za­tions in Tbilisi, Georgia.

July 9–10: Center for Liberal Modernity in Tbilisi — inter­na­tional confer­ence with our partner orga­ni­za­tions aims at fostering collab­o­ra­tion among civil society orga­ni­za­tions from the eastern part­ner­ships and the Western Balkans and strenghten them on EU accession issues. Partic­i­pants will share their paths to EU member­ship, exchange best practices and develop joint initiatives.

On 14–15 December 2023, the European Council decided to open accession nego­ti­a­tions with the Republic of Moldova if progress can be made in imple­menting EU reforms, partic­u­larly in the Rule of Law. Since then, the Moldovan govern­ment has been contin­u­ously imple­menting the EU reforms. How should Moldova’s progress towards EU accession nego­ti­a­tions be assessed? What are the next steps in the EU inte­gra­tion process for Moldova? How can the EU and Germany support and accompany Moldova on its European path? 

Unlike Ukraine and Moldova, Georgia has not been given candidate status to EU-Member­ship in June 2022. In order to receive it, the country must fulfill twelve recom­men­da­tions of the EU Commis­sion, including reforms in the areas of deoli­garchiza­tion and anti-corrup­tion. In his policy brief, Sergi Kapanadze analyzes the current status in both areas and makes concrete recom­men­da­tions for action.

After the EU granted Ukraine candidate status in June 2022, the country is making progress in the areas of anti-corrup­tion and deoli­garchiza­tion despite the war. In her policy brief, Tetiana Sevchuk analyzes the current state of reforms in Ukraine and what concrete steps are still needed in imple­menting these EU prior­i­ties so that accession nego­ti­a­tions can begin.

The danger of Russian aggres­sion in the Republic of Moldova is real, comments Dymutru Minzarari. He proposes concrete steps for Germany and the EU to ensure effective support in the field of security policy.

Russia’s war of aggres­sion against Ukraine raises questions about the security of Eastern European countries seeking member­ship in the EU and NATO — espe­cially Ukraine. Mykhailo Samus analyses the missing security dimension and necessary changes in Western security policy.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows Russia’s impe­ri­alist expan­sionist strate­gies, Georgia became a primary target of this power politics in 2008. Sergi Kapanadze describes what steps the West should take for a new and robust security strategy within the Eastern Partnership.

The granting of candidate status does not mean accession: it is above all a recog­ni­tion of the progress Ukraine has made in reforms and a great symbolic gesture to a people who are...

The political crisis in Georgia continues after the municipal runoff elections. The close election result exac­er­bates the polar­iza­tion between the supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party and the opposition...

On 22 October, the foun­da­tion stone for a new memorial to the 1941 massacre was laid in Odesa. The future memorial is the result of an initia­tive of the Centre for...

The consid­er­able break­throughs in the EU-Ukraine economic agenda have been harmed by sluggish political devel­op­ment, partic­u­larly concerning the rule of law. The judicial reform, anti-corrup­­tion efforts, inde­pen­dent and efficient law-enforcement...

  On October 5, 2021, the Center Liberal Modernity held the public discus­sion on prior­i­ties for coop­er­a­tion with Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova under the Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus project. The discussion...

In the LibMod Policy Paper: Assess­ment of progress in the fight against corrup­tion in the EU-asso­­ci­ated states of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, our author Dr. Khatia Kikalishvili argues that insufficient...

In the LibMod-Policy-Paper: Towards a European Climate Diplomacy, Dr. Georg Zachmann analyses the extension of the European Green Deal to the three asso­ci­ated states of the EU (Ukraine, Georgia and the...

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus”, we are pub­lish­ing a second series of input papers on the topic of Perspec­tives and Prior­i­ties European Green Deal (EGD) in Ukraine, Georgia...

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship Plus”, we are pub­lish­ing a second series of input papers on the topic of Perspec­tives and Prior­i­ties European Green Deal (EGD) in Ukraine, Georgia...

Online-Panel Discus­sion on October 6, 2020, with Gunther Krichbaum, Johannes Schraps, Renata Alt, Manuel Sarrazin und others.

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship 2.0” we publish a series of arti­cles about the three EU asso­ci­a­ted states. The authors from the region (Mikheil Benidze, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Victor Gotisan)...

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship 2.0” we publish a series of arti­cles about the three EU asso­ci­a­tion states. The authors from the region (Mikheil Benidze, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Victor Gotisan)...

As part of our project “Eastern Part­ner­ship 2.0” we publish a series of arti­cles about the three EU asso­ci­a­tion states. The authors from the region (Mikheil Benidze, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Victor Gotisan)...

The paper ‘From status quo to status reform: Account­able Gover­nance in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova’ argues that greater priority should be attached to the rule of law and demo­c­ratic governance...

In the LibMod policy paper: “The Eastern Partnership’s Missing Security Dimension” Gustav C. Gressel analyses the precar­ious security situation in the three EU associate countries and sheds light on EU...

Many EU capitals regard Belarus as an extension of Russia and take little interest in it. EU leaders are also uncom­fort­able dealing with its long-time auto­cratic leader, Alexander Lukashenka. Such...

Are Russia’s inter­ven­tions in Georgia, Ukraine and Syria merely a reaction against the expansion of NATO? Facts and arguments concerning a propa­ganda myth.