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The Eastern Partnership (EaP), a new EU initiative for the Eastern neighbourhood, was officially launched on 7 May 2009 in Prague. The Eastern Partnership is part of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and covers six countries – Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. It comprises a population of 76 million. Will the EU's new initiative be able to fulfil its main objectives of bringing stability, better governance and economic development to the Eastern partners? Doubts exist already. The initiative adds little to the ENP in support of democratic transition at the EU's borders.