BRUSSELS – The European Parliament will call for the creation of a “common economic space” between the European Union and the six former Soviet republics of its Eastern Partnership program as part of a process of “gradual integration” into the bloc, according to a draft report seen by RFE/RL on April 15.
The parliamentary draft report also denounces Russia’s “illegal” actions in Eastern Partnership countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine – including what it calls destabilization, invasion, and annexation.
The document is to be debated by the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee in the coming weeks and could potentially be endorsed by the full chamber in May.