In order to strengthen cooperation between the countries I have mentioned and the Eur
opean Union, the EU trade area should be liberalised, which would allow more business to be done and would bring these countries closer to the European Union, and the Union is, after all, already the biggest economic partner of these countries today. Ultimately, of course, we should think about a free trade
area, which would naturally bring us together in a particular way. Finally, we must not forget about easing visa obligations, stepping up people-to-people programmes and giving financial support to exchanges o
...[+++]f young people from countries in the Eastern partnership with young people from the EU.