Eurasian Economic Union and the European Union: Problems and prospects of interregional cooperation

Abstract

© 2019. Integration processes in the European and Eurasian regions play an important role in the modern system of international relations. They affect not only the possibilities of the states participating in integration projects and their population, but also the general trends in the development of the world economy and international relations, the political and economic situation in third countries and the lives of peoples living in other regions. Therefore, it is obvious the importance of how relations of such regional integration projects are developing. In the case of the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union, there are serious problems that prevent them from effectively interacting. The article discusses in detail the evolution of the Wider Europe concept, analyzes the stages of development of EU bilateral relations with the EEU member countries. The authors note that, despite the fact that in the current geopolitical conditions the dialogue between the EU and the EEU is difficult, there is an objective need to establish close ties between the two blocks, which is due to both historical and geographical factors, and modern geopolitical and geo-economic. As a result of the study, it was concluded that political motivation dominates over economic ones.