scholarly journals New Hydrogen Strategies of Germany and the EU and Prospects for Cooperation with Russia

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Vladislav Belov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
German Economy ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Potential Partner ◽  
European Union Commission ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Council Presidency ◽  
The Eu

In June 2020, Germany adopted a national hydrogen strategy. A month later, when Germany assumed the EU Council presidency, the European Union Commission presented a similar document. Both strategies acknowledge the need to import hydrogen to meet the demand of the EU countries as an essential prerequisite for the transition to a climate-neutral economy. In parallel, the Government of the Russian Federation adopted the Energy Strategy of the Russian Federation until 2035, which sets the goal of turning our country into one of the global players in the world hydrogen market. Despite Russia's obvious competitive advantages in this relatively new segment of the energy market, Berlin and Brussels do not mention it as a potential partner. The article provides an assessment of the main provisions of these strategic documents. The author explores the prospects and possibilities of Germany and the EU cooperating with the Russian Federation in the production and supply of hydrogen, analyzes the content of the position documents of the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce and the Eastern Committee of the German Economy on these issues, draws conclusions and formulates recommendations for interested parties.

Russia and the EU: About the Features of Pragmatism

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Худяков ◽  
S. Khudyakov ◽  
Гарнов ◽  
Andrey Garnov
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Development Activity ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Russian President ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Eu

The relationship of the European Union and Russia as historically close and not having an alternative is considered based on the analysis of various treaties, agreements and programs between the EU and the Russian Federation. It is shown that their potential has not yet been using a fully and is being implemented in the interests our nations and citizens. Importance for Russia partnership with the European Union was once again confirmed after the presidential elections in Russia. Guidance documents and Decrees of the Russian President and the Government of the Russian Federation, aimed at creating the most effective forms of cooperation and integration in Europe were considered. Issues stabilization of financial systems and the modernization of the economyhave been discussed. Despite the intervention of politics in economic relations between Russia and the EU, the impossibility of preserving the old paradigm of «strategic partnership», there is the prospect of restarting relations based on respect for the interests of both parties and mutually beneficial cooperation. The paper investigates how perceptions of each other all over the Europe can be improved using both application of legal instruments and effects of traditional research and development activity in different humanitarian and educational programs.

The rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU – Still an agenda-setter?

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 497-518
Author(s):  
Austė Vaznonytė
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Changes ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Issue Salience ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Agenda Setter ◽  
Panel Model ◽  
The Government ◽  
Council Presidency ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Eu

What role does the rotating Council Presidency maintain a decade after Lisbon? This article argues that, regardless of institutional changes, the rotating Presidency still shapes the Council agenda to a large extent. Based on an original hand-coded dataset of rotating Presidency programmes between 1997 and 2017, I show that some policies are ‘stickier’ on the Council agenda, while the others exhibit significant changes in salience over time. Since the magnitude of these shifts varies from Presidency to Presidency, the analysis focuses on domestic political factors and the country positioning vis-à-vis the European Union to determine their relationship with agenda volatility. By means of a panel model, the examination demonstrates that the government issue salience can best explain the levels of issue salience in the Presidency programmes.

scholarly journals POTENTIAL AND ROLE OF UNDERSERVED FOREIGN MARKETS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE’S TRADE WITH THE EU

2020 ◽  
pp. 62-71
Author(s):  
O. Shnyrkov ◽  
D. Pliushch
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Free Trade Area ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
International Partnership ◽  
Trade Relations ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Eu

The article identifies the volume of underserved markets for the development of Ukraine's foreign trade with the EU. The Ukraine's export potential on the EU underserved market is analyzed. It is established that the intensification of trade relations between the Ukraine and EU is a mutually beneficial process, and export potential of Ukraine in the EU market for goods whose exports to the Russian Federation have decreased is of particular importance. The main foreign markets of Ukraine for the export of agricultural and industrial goods from Ukraine have been identified. The main commodity groups of underserved markets to the EU have been identified, the exports of which to the Russian Federation have decreased the most. According to the results of the study, it has been concluded that the underserved markets of the European Union play an important role in the development of Ukraine's trade: first, they allow reorientation of exports of Ukrainian goods, the import of which is prohibited into the customs territory of the Russian Federation, to EU markets; secondly, they help to identify directions for the modernization of Ukrainian production in accordance with the unmet needs of the European goods market. It is concluded that the process of deepening mutual trade in underserved markets in a free trade area is mutually beneficial for Ukraine and the European Union, as trading partners can benefit from increased trade flows, and establishing international partnership between the parties can bring additional benefits in the long run.

scholarly journals Development of legislation on environmental insurance: experience of the European Union and Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-160
Author(s):  
Vladimir S. Sinenko ◽  
Evgeniy E. Tonkov ◽  
Sergey A. Belousov ◽  
Irina S. Iskevich ◽  
Angelina V. Petergova
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Environmental Responsibility ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Natural Resource Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Priority Direction ◽  
Resource Policy ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Eu

This article analyzes the development of the environmental insurance legislation of the European Union and the Russian Federation. The advantages of this mechanism in matters of compensation for harm caused to the environment due to environmental offenses are determined. The analysis of Directive No. 2004/35 / CE of the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on environmental responsibility, aimed at preventing environmental damage and eliminating its consequences. A comparison of Russian legislation with the norms of environmental insurance adopted in the European Union is carried out. The conclusion is formulated that environmental insurance should become a priority direction of the state natural resource policy.

scholarly journals EU–Russia Security Cooperation

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-130
Author(s):  
M.I. Yanin ◽  
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D.S. Bunevich ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Security Cooperation ◽  
European Continent ◽  
Mutual Interest ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Political Realities ◽  
The Eu

at present, relations between the Russian Federation and the European Union are in a state of political crisis. The existing disagreements negatively affect the relations of two international players on the European continent. The article discusses the areas of interaction between the Russian Federation and the EU in the field of security, which, contrary to modern political difficulties, reflect the mutual interest of the parties. The author concludes that the joint approaches of Russia and the European Union to resolving issues related to security are a stabilizing factor in the formation of the EU–Russia dialogue in modern political realities.

scholarly journals Interaction of Party Structures of The EU and the Russian Federation in a Discourse of the Russian Left Forces on the Example of “A Just Russia” Party

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 83-87
Author(s):  
S. P. Mitrakhovich
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
Party Elites ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Eu

The article using “A Just Russia” case deals with the party strategies of the Russian left political forces for the creation of the relations with party structures of the European Union. Similar party strategy is at the same time a part of domestic policy and development of the Russian political processes, and at the same time, they are a part of the relationship with the European Union which is built up by Russia. Consequently, that is de facto a part of foreign policy activity. The novelty of the research consists in a combination of the research approaches used in a “partology” while considering a party to be a rational actor acting in conditions of a country political environment and the research approaches accepted in modern European studies. Parties act as internal political players, but at the same time and as contractors of foreign elite, in this case — party elite of the European Union, members of party groups of European Parliament, party Internationals, “the European parties” (earlier known under the term of “party at the European level”). From the Russian parliamentary political forces of several last electoral cycles “A Just Russia”, using a discourse of modern socialism, could establish more actively than others cooperation with European left, including influencing adoption of significant decisions in the EU, for example, on reform of the EU Gas Directive and the Third Energy Package of the EU. The party, through the prism of socialist ideology, is trying to bring together certain positions of the party elites of the Russian Federation and the EU, bringing differences on social avant-garde and identity politics out of the brackets. Therefore, it focuses recently on the problems of sanctions issues, considering its communication with the Party of European socialists and socialist groups in the European Parliament as another potentially popular diplomatic track for the country.

scholarly journals KEY ASPECTS OF THE NEW FOREST STRATEGY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.R. Yumagulova ◽  
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A.A. Norekyan ◽  
E.V. Yumadilova
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Steady Growth ◽  
The Development Strategy ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Internal Consumption

The paper describes problem features of deforestation and solutions in the EU countries and Russian Federation. The effectiveness of the EU policy and law in the field of forestry is supported by the steady growth of forest area for more than 60 years. Forest complex of Russia is in a major crisis now. Wood recourses insecurity of planned export performance of the timber industry complex and internal consumption is the main mistake of the Development Strategy for the Forestry Complex of the Russian Federation until 2030.

scholarly journals Germany and the European Union After the Epoch of Chancellor Angela Merkel

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 43-55
Author(s):  
V. Vasil'ev
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
World Order ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Angela Merkel ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Eu

The article is devoted to the analysis of the political legacy of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and in what way the new German government might possibly use it dealing with the transformation of the country and modernization of the European Union. The new political coalition with possible participation of the Green Party will preserve the continuity of the German foreign policy course for strengthening the European Union, deepening the transatlantic partnership, for active cooperation between Berlin and Paris, as well as for inclusion of Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic area. The European sovereignty is the main focal point in Berlin. The Conference on the Future of Europe examines it, as well as other evolution issues. The updated legal framework of the EU, feasible strengthening of the European Parliament positions could help transform the European Union into a weighty actor in the polycentric world. Only powerful, relatively sovereign EU is able to secure the “European way of life”. Judgments about the disintegration of the European Union are far from reality. The EU margin of safety and resistance are quite impressive, primarily due to the economic potential of Germany. However, it is really difficult to predict how the European Union will get out of the crisis caused by Covid 19. American concessions to the Germans on the Nord Stream 2 project mean Biden’s serious attitude towards Merkel and Germany – the leader in the EU and one of the important NATO allies. The conditions for Russia’s return to the “European club”, for example, through the revival of M. Gorbachev’s new political thinking in Moscow, indicate rather an illusory desire. There is another, more pragmatic approach. The single European cultural and historical matrix of Greater Europe, communication between the leaders of the Russian Federation, Germany, France and the USA, the economic foundation of contacts, as well as mutual sympathies between Russians, Germans, Europeans give reason to hope for a turn for the better. The chances of a unification agenda remain. Perhaps, it will be used by future generations of politicians, experts of the Russian Federation and the Federal Republic of Germany without preconditions, on the basis of reasonable compromises. Acknowledgements. The article was prepared within the project “Post-Crisis World Order: Challenges and Technologies, Competition and Cooperation” supported by the grant from Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation program for research projects in priority areas of scientific and technological development (Agreement 075-15-2020-783).

scholarly journals Prospects for managing Russia's foreign trade activity against the background of shifts in the EU development

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Сергей Царев ◽  
Sergey Carev ◽  
Елена Горбатенко ◽  
Elena Gorbatenko
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Foreign Trade Policy ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Trade Practice ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Foreign Trade Activity ◽  
The Eu

This article discusses the most pressing problems faced by the Russian Federation in the implementation of its foreign trade policy in the framework of commodity exchange with the European Union (EU) from the standpoint of improving the management of these processes. The modern characteristics of mutually beneficial trade of the EU member States and the Russian Federation are analyzed. The most significant changes in the EU foreign trade practice are revealed.

scholarly journals The European Union initiative for cooperation with neighbours in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus: Objectives, limitations and challenges of integration without membership

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 404-426
Author(s):  
Ana Jovic-Lazic
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The South ◽  
South Caucasus ◽  
Eastern Partnership ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Eu

Following the enlargement of the Union, new neighbours in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus became of great importance for the stability of Europe, which is why the EU formulated the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership. Bearing in mind that Russia views this area as a sphere of its own influence, its policy has become of great importance as well as its reactions to the Union?s initiatives in this region. This geopolitical context of the Eastern Partnership became apparent with the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis. In addition to the indicated limits of an often technocratic approach to the EU, the crisis has clearly shown there is a conflict of objectives of the European Union and the Russian Federation in the common neighbourhood and raised the issue of the security and geopolitical implications of this initiative. Also, the policies and interests of the European Union and the Russian Federation affect not only Ukraine but to a greater or lesser extent the development of opportunities in all other countries involved in the EU's Eastern Partnership - Georgia, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.

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