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Since the late 1980s, the Community/Union has formulated and implemented a common, consistent policy towards Eastern Europe. The member states and EC institutions agreed that the principal objective is to support the economic and political transformation in Eastern Europe and thus ensure security. To reach this objective, they agreed on several important decisions (most importantly on enlargement), held to them and mobilized a variety of different national and collective resources.
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See Heinz Kramer, ‘The European Community’s Response to the “New Eastern Europe’”, Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, June 1993, p. 234.
On Germany’s preference for multilateral solutions, see Reinardt Rummel, ‘The German Debate on International Security Institutions’, in Marco Carnovale, ed., European Security and International Institutions after the Cold War (New York: St. Martin’ s, 1995).
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Smith, K.E. (1999). Explaining the Making of a Foreign Policy Towards Eastern Europe. In: The Making of EU Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230375741_8
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