Der Nachbarschaftsraum nach Artikel 8 EUV

How does the EU respond to its proximity to its neighbours? This study’s normative approach to the much-discussed issue of European neighbourhood relations analyses the potential Article 8 of the TEU holds for these special relations. Looking at Article 8 of the TEU as largely detached from the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) opens up a new perspective on the political concept of European neighbourhood relations. This norm analysis shows a neighbourhood area that is unique in the system of European external relations.
Within this system, the ENP represents the status quo of neighbourhood relations. Using the Association Agreement with Ukraine as its basis, the study argues that in the current status quo the full potential of Art. 8 of the TEU has not been achieved.