EUobserver: “EU ministers look to salvage Georgia and Moldova pacts”

European Union’s desire to assist Georgia has been highlighted in the independent online newspaper EUobserver. The EU was considering hiring lobbyists to counter Russian "disinformation” and give more money to Georgia and Moldova in reaction to the Ukraine crisis, journalist Andrew Rettman said in his article published on the EUobserver on February 7.

The ideas were put forward in two internal papers - seen by EUobserver - to be discussed by EU Foreign Ministers at a lunch in Brussels on Monday, February 10.

It called for Georgia and Moldova to sign EU pacts by August, but had lower ambitions for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, and Ukraine. The second paper, written by Poland, goes into detail about EU funding. Looking at the 2014-2020 EU budgets, it also said funds for Georgia and Moldova should be "relatively higher." |/

It noted the extra EU aid should go on agriculture and rural development. However the article stated EU money in repressive states should target civil society, students, and minority groups.

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