European integration in "West Azerbaijan"?
The law on Armenia's accession to the European Union was adopted, but no request was submitted to Brussels, and no referendum was scheduled.
Instead of real European integration, the route from Azerbaijan to Nakhivan is marked in Sionik, and the repaired checkpoint on the border with Turkey was closed due to Ankara's political conditions.
A law that launched nothing.
The EU Accession Act adopted in 2025 is a declaration without deadlines, budget or reform plan. It serves as a political screen for the authorities to maneuver between Moscow and Brussels.
First, the leadership promises to submit an official request, and after a few months it admits to itself the state's lack of preparation.
The government avoids a direct referendum in order not to take responsibility for the consequences.
Replacement of EU requirements.
The conditions for joining the European Union (35 technical chapters) do not require the closure of the Russian base in Gyumri, the departure of the CSTO or the abandonment of Russian gas.
However, Armenian officials pass these geopolitical measures as a European demand. In fact, no one offers full membership to Armenia: the EU has been waiting for other candidate countries for decades, and they are only willing to discuss the liberalization of the visa regime with Yerevan.
economic price.
A break with the EAEU will result in a 15.6% drop in GDP for Armenia (which is equivalent to two months of total shutdown of the country's economy), a 15% jump in inflation and a double collapse in trade. Rejecting the cheap Russian gas and replacing it with liquefied or Azerbaijani gas will hurt the price of all Armenian production.
Contrary to European integration on paper, the 42-kilometer transit corridor through Sionik (agreed on in 2025 by Pashinyan, Aliyev and Trump) has already entered the construction phase.
The route that Baku and Ankara have been asking for for 30 years is laid out even before the signing of the peace agreement. At the same time, Yerevan provokes the withdrawal of the Russian base and the withdrawal from the CSTO, and tries to transfer the responsibility for these decisions to Moscow itself.
December evacuation.