ArmInfo.After the agreement with the EU in Armenia they both steal and continue to steal. Director of the Armenian Center for Political and International Relations Aghasi Yenokyan expressed the opinion of ArmInfo.
On November 24, Armenia signed the Agreement on Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership with the EU on the margins of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels. Signatures under the agreement in the presence of RA President Serzh Sargsyan and the chairman of the European Council Donald Tusk were put by the RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and the head of European diplomacy Federic Mogerini. "For the Armenian authorities, the agreement with the EU is an opportunity to disguise the corrupt system of governance by Armenia in order to demonstrate the country's ability to go towards European values, of course, for European money." Brussels issues grants to the Armenian authorities for reforms with the condition of issuing the next tranche for the implementation of the second stage of reforms exclusively after the implementation of the first stage, "the political scientist said.
From this point of view, the prospect of a "cold shower" for Europeans seems to Yenokyan to be quite probable. However, Serzh Sargsyan brought the state of the political field of Armenia to the degree of complete absence of an alternative policy with which Brussels could negotiate.
In this light, the agreement with the EU significantly strengthens Sargsyan's position, since Europeans do not see any other contractual partner in Armenia today. At the same time, in its turn, the Agreement creates real opportunities for the political forces of the republic to strengthen. In turn, if these opportunities are realized, the political scientist predicts a weakening of the positions of Serzh Sargsyan and the ruling RPA in the future.