Lords inquiry into EU strategic review looks east
The House of Lords EU Committee investigating the EU Strategic Review will take evidence from academics specialising in the EU's eastern neighbourhood on Thursday 5 November.
The evidence session, with witnesses from the UK and US, is part of a much wider investigation into the EU's foreign and security policy.
The evidence session will start at 10.05am, with the Committee hearing from Professor Adam Fagan, specialist in European Politics at Queen Mary, University of London, and Dr James Ker-Lindsay, Senior Research Fellow on the Politics of South East Europe at the London School of Economics.
They will be asked questions such as:
- What are the priorities of the EU and Member States in the region?
- Is Germany taking a lead role in the eastern neighbourhood?
- How is the EU perceived in the Balkans and the east?
- What impact, either positive or negative, does the possibility of further EU enlargement have in the region?
- What is your view of the EU's record on Turkey, and its potential membership of the EU?
The Committee will then, at about 11.05am, quiz Matthew Rojansky, Director, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center, in the US, via videolink.
He will be questioned on a variety of areas, such as:
- What steps have been taken to resolve the situation in eastern Ukraine?
- How should the EU proceed in relation to Eastern partnership states such as Belarus, Azerbaijan and Moldova?
- How are EU Member States reacting to increased ‘Russian assertiveness' in the region?
- Has Russian involvement in Syria had an impact on Member States' approach to Russia and their unity on this issue?
- What are the consequences of the progressive de-militarisation of Members States for the EU's role in its neighbourhood and in international affairs?
The evidence session will take place at 10.05am, on Thursday 5 November, in Committee Room 1 of the House of Lords.
