During the Euro Union summit in Brussels on May 20 the leaders of the 27 EU countries adopted the Eastern partnership project aimed at strengthening closer cooperation with six post-soviet states: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus. The EU’s resolution writes that the main objective of the project is the following: “Strengthen stability, good governance and economic development in countries having a strategic significance to the EU”. For the countries covered in the project it can provide a regime of free trade, economic support and advisory support in defense and security issues. It is not excluded that the visa regime may be weakened for the countries covered in the project. The EU will provide additional 600 mln Euro for the project, which will officially start during the summit to take place in Prague. The next publication of the European Window will be fully dedicated to the Eastern partnership Project.
The EU’s official slogan is Unity in Diversity (In varietate concordia). The EU’s anthem is from the melody of the Ninth Symphony composed in 1823 by Ludwig Van Beethoven. The EU covers 4.89 million square meters territory. The political centers of the EU are Brussels, Strasburg, Luxemburg, Hague and Frankfurt am Main. The population of the EU is 499.6 million.
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