There are now many ideas in circulation to enhance the Association Agreements (AA), which
include the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTA), stimulated in part by the
‘Structured Consultation’ on the future of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) initiated by the
Commission in 2019. All three AA states made detailed submissions; the present note seeks to
incorporate these and other ideas into the makings of a possible initiative to upgrade the
agreements and give them renewed and politically significant momentu