The Institutional Functioning of the Eastern Partnership: An Early Assessment
The Institutional Functioning of the Eastern Partnership: An Early Assessment
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东部伙伴关系的机构运作：早期评估
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2011
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Laure Delcour
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作者：
Laure Delcour
在东部伙伴关系下设计了一个新的体制框架，并在过去两年中逐步建立，以确定欧盟与其东部邻国之间日益密切的关系。本工作文件提供了对东部伙伴关系机构运作的早期评估。它侧重于多边轨道（专题平台和小组、参与性倡议、旗舰倡议），首次将所有六个东方伙伴和欧盟聚集在不同的代表级别和不同的领域。因此，EaP的多边轨道是一种尝试，旨在根据社会化逻辑建立一个多层次的参与性制度框架。然而，对“政府轨道”的审查突出了合作水平之间的差异。虽然小组得到了非常积极的评价，并促进了东部伙伴之间以及与欧盟的联系，但其他形式，包括平台会议，似乎并不有利于共同拥有政策进程。另一个弱点是目前多边轨道下的各种体制形式之间缺乏协同作用。总体而言，本文确定了EaP运作中的三个潜在紧张来源：欧盟成员国在政策过程中的不平衡参与：虽然西欧成员国在多边轨道上的参与很弱，但它们的参与需要将东部伙伴关系转变为欧盟范围内的外交政策;伙伴国家参与多边轨道的程度不同，其中一些国家认为这是一种“一刀切”的做法;在多边轨道上，将基于共同所有权、包容性和社会化的逻辑与一些反映更分级办法和限制参与的因素相结合。
A new institutional framework was designed under the Eastern Partnership and it has been progressively established over the past two years to frame the increasingly close relationship between the EU and its Eastern neighbours. This working paper provides an early assessment of the Eastern Partnership’s insti- tutional functioning. It focuses on the multilateral track (thematic platforms and panels, participatory initiatives, flagship initiatives) which for the first time gathers all six Eastern partners and the EU at various levels of representation and in different arenas. The EaP’s multilateral track is thus an attempt to develop a multilayered and participative institutional framework based upon a logic of socialisation. An examination of the ‘governmental track’ highlights however a discrepancy between levels of cooperation. While panels are assessed very positively and foster links both among Eastern partners and with the EU, other formats, including platform meetings, do not appear to favour joint ownership of the policy process. Another weakness is the current lack of synergies between various institutional formats under the multilateral track. Overall the paper identifies three potential sources of tensions in the EaP functioning: EU member states’ uneven engagement in the policy process: while Western European member states’ participation in the multilateral track is weak, their involvement is needed to turn the Eastern Partnership into a EU-wide foreign policy; Partner countries’ different level of involvement in the multilateral track, which is perceived by some of them as a ‘one-size-fits-all’exercise; The combination, in the multilateral track, of a logic based upon joint ownership, inclusiveness and socialisation with some elements reflecting a more hierarchical approach and limiting participation.