The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and the Eastern Partnership (EP) are controversial issues among political actors and the Public. This article identifies three contentious issues: sovereign statehood, international alliance capacities and the EU accession perspectives of the EP countries. Since no hegemonic opinions regarding all three issues could establish itself on the international level, the character of the EU association process is antagonistic. As long as the actors of the EU do not accept this fact, the strategy towards the eastern European neighbours cannot be consistent and is thus doomed to failure.
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