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НГ: ЕС решит, как быть с Украиной
A European Union Association Agreement (for short, Association Agreement or AA) is a treaty between the European Union (EU) and a non-EU country that creates a framework for co-operation between them. Areas frequently covered by such agreements include the development of political, trade, social, cultural and security links. The legal base for the conclusion of the association agreements is provided by art. 217 TFEU (former art. 310 TEC).
The provision of an association agreement was inserted in the Treaty of Rome on the EEC as a mean to ensure future cooperation of the Community with the United Kingdom, who had retreated from the negotiation at the Messina Conference of 1955. The first partners to benefit from the signature of such agreements were, in reality, Greece and Turkey in 1960.
The EU today typically concludes Association Agreements in exchange for commitments to political, economic, trade, or human rights reform in a country. In exchange, the country may be offered tariff-free access to some or all EU markets (industrial goods, agricultural products, etc.), and financial or technical assistance. Most recently signed AAs also include a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and the third country
Что угодно, только не "будущее членство". это даже и выгодно ЕС, выставить кучу требований, уничтножить здесь последнии зачатки производства и не принимать в ЕС. Такая себе буферная зона.