[EN] The European Neighbourhood Policy has been developed, since its creation in 2003, as a new instrument within the external action of the European Union. Nonetheless, its management and effects have been both temporally and geographically diverse, making several adjustments needed. Ukraine is, perhaps, the most important country that has been included in this policy. Ukraine?s approach to the European Union has included risks, improvements and setbacks, but the application of new legal tools, such as the Neighbourhood Instrument, the Association Agreement and the Visa Policy; has helped to achieve a new commercial and geopolitical status as partner. The European Union has unceasingly used the conditionality as a way to facilitate the Ukrainian transition towards a market-based democracy. However, with the armed political conflict with Russia still ongoing, the Neighbourhood Policy has lost ground, while the CFSP is leading the European actions.

[ES] La Pol?tica Europea de Vecindad se ha configurado, desde su creaci?n en 2003, como un instrumento m?s de la acci?n exterior de la Uni?n. Sin embargo, su gesti?n y resultados han variado temporal y geogr?ficamente, haci?ndose necesarias diversas transformaciones. Ucrania es, quiz?s, el m?s importante de cuantos pa?ses han sido objeto de la pol?tica. Su acercamiento a la Uni?n no ha estado exento de riesgos, avances y retrocesos, pero la aplicaci?n de nuevas herramientas legales como el Instrumento de Vecindad, la nueva generaci?n de acuerdos de asociaci?n y la pol?tica de visados; ha contribuido a alcanzar un nuevo estatus de socio geopol?tico y comercial. La Uni?n Europea ha seguido utilizando la condicionalidad como forma de favorecer la transici?n de Ucrania hacia una democracia con econom?a de mercado. Pero, con el conflicto militar y pol?tico con Rusia a?n latente, la Pol?tica de Vecindad est? perdiendo protagonismo a favor de la PESC.

Trabajo de fin de Grado. Grado en Derecho. Curso acad?mico 2016-2017