Rebuilding the Neighbourhood | Heinrich Böll Stiftung

The eastern and southern neighbourhood of the European Union are in turmoil. The conflicts at the EU’s eastern and southern borders no longer stop there. Refugees and migrants are entering the EU on an unprecedented scale. Terrorist attacks and threats related to conflicts in the southern neighbourhood have reached EU soil.

The EU’s neighbourhood policy has miserably failed. A new ENP is in the making, but as the EU is struggling to deal with these new challenges it has to face its own erosion process. How can an unstable EU contribute to the stabilisation and the rebuilding of its neighbourhood? How do people in the neighbourhood see the European Union and the state it is in? What are their expectations?

What Neighbourhood Policy in a Context of Unlawful Occupation? Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

The occupation of the Palestinian territory raises questions for the European Neighbourhood Policy. A number of practical steps are required for a way forward

By Ingrid Jaradat

Moving Beyond the MEPP: How a New European Neighbourhood Policy can Save the Two State Solution

The European Neighbourhood Policy's engagement for a two state solution proves to be outdated. Its revitalisation could form an integral part of international efforts to resolve the conflict.

By Hugh Lovatt

ENP and the Southern Mediterranean: Youth as the Key Element for Stability in North Africa

Over the last few years since the Arab revolts, we have learnt that the EU should not sacrifice its values in exchange for stability, especially bearing in mind that those values will produce stability in the long run.

By Héctor Sánchez Margalef

A Migration Bubble? Reading the New European Neighbourhood Policy in the Moroccan Context

The new European Neighbourhood Policy, as introduced in November 2015, provides a framework in which to discuss Moroccan migration policies as well as the impact of European migration policies on the affected migrants.

By Sakina Abushi and Hicham Arroud

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This dossier reflects the view only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Rebuilding the Neighbourhood: Introduction

Geopolitics with European Characteristics

Overcoming European Extremes – Towards One European Neighbourhood

Ukraine’s Unrequited Passion for Europe

The EU and the South Caucasus 25 Years Since Independence

The South Caucasus and the EU – Different Paths for Each Country

The European Union and its Southern Neighbourhood

Views from the South – The European Neighbourhood Policy in Lebanon

What Neighbourhood Policy in a Context of Unlawful Occupation? Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Moving Beyond the MEPP: How a New European Neighbourhood Policy can Save the Two State Solution

ENP and the Southern Mediterranean: Youth as the Key Element for Stability in North Africa

A Migration Bubble? Reading the New European Neighbourhood Policy in the Moroccan Context