Estonian presidency in the EU council: expectations and results

• Main Author: Lyubov Shishelina
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Institute of Europe Russian Academy of Sciences 2018-04-01
• Series: Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН
• Subjects: estonia; presidency; council of the european union; presidency program; eastern partnership program
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The article analyzes the program and results of the Estonian presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2017. In the theoreticak part of the article the author relies on the method of comparative analysis, which allows to assess the trend in the development of the presidency of the three Baltic States - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. In this regard, the Presidency of Tallinn could be partially characterized by attempts to overcome the problems left by the Vilnius presidency. Describing in general the tasks set by the Estonian Presidency, the author draws attention to the predominance of common European tasks in them, which distinguishes this program from the programs of the presidencies of the Central European States and in general indicates a tendency towards strengthening the role of Brussels in shaping the programs of national presidencies.