Questions for the leaders of the political parties of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia
Background Information
1. Name of the party (full, abbreviation)
2. The year of the foundation of the party, the number of the members of the party, the existence
of local subdivisions in the country (their number).
3. The representation of the party in governmental structures: does the party have any seats in the
Parliament (number of the mandates), in the government (number of portfolios), and other branches of
the power? Questions
1. Is the issue of your country's membership in NATO, EU and other European structures on the foreign
policy agenda and what is the attitude of your party to it?
2. Is the policy for the integration into European structures:
a) a step accepting no alternative called forth by the situation in international relations?
b)
a means
to resolve the geopolitical issues of your country?
c)
a stimulus for the development of the social relations
and economy of your country?
d) other
(Please, substantiate your answer.)
3. What do you think closer relations of your country with European structures can first of all contribute
to?
a) a valid membership to NATO,
b) the introduction of European norms into the social, societal and
political relations,
c) Pecuniary aid,
d) other
(Please, substantiate your answer.)
4. Which are the most complicated hindrances on the way towards the integration of your country into
NATO and EU?
5. What is the understanding of the expression “European standards” in your party, in the society,
and how different are these perspectives from the official viewpoint?
6. Can the foreign policy of the country in general express the will of the population of such countries
as yours?
7. Is the simultaneous participation of the countries in the region a mutually exclusive phenomenon
and what is the attitude of your country, party to the issue of a closer partnership with Russia , Iran
, and other countries, which are involved in the process of European integration to a less extent or
are not involved at all?
8. Can integration of your country into European structures completely safegurad the security of the
country?
9. What specific conditions, included in the standard requirements of European structures for the
integration of the countries of the South Caucasus , are satisfactory or which are on the contrary unacceptable
to your party?
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