The EU and its member states Europeanization欧盟及其成员国欧化.pptVIP

The EU and its member states- Europeanization The specificity of foreign and security policy cooperation and integration Foreign policy cooperation is the least likely case of cooperation not only in the EU context Foreign policy adaptation cannot be explained in terms of domestic demands Changes in EU MSs foreign policy cannot be adequately explained in terms of ‘functional spillover’ or ‘political spillover’ Policy outcomes rarely reflected the lowest common denominator There were no permanent cleavages and power blocs in EPC, Outside influences has not been very strong motivation for EU foreign policy cooperation M.E. Smith (2004) Instrumental and constructivist logic of interests formation Instrumental logic of interest formation in an intergovernmental setting where the MSs retain veto power specific bargains take place, often in the form of side-payments and issue-linkages. If bargains are not allowed and the states retain their veto power, the most likely result is the lowest common denominator solution. Agenda-setting and leadership: the largest and most powerful states often have the most impact Change in both institutions and substantive policies: minimum institutional change in the absence of powerful internal and external forces. Social rationality Privileges debating over bargaining Leadership in the system comes from any legitimate actor; Allows for more dynamism in the absence of internal and external pressures Institutionalised forms of EU’s foreign policy-making Intergovernmental instrumental rationality: governments bargain among themselves in weakly institutionalised settings (periodic summits) and achieve gains that must be approved (explicitly or tacitly) by their respective constituents Supranational decision-making: intense common interests, EU governments have delegated their sovereignty over those policies to EC institutions and procedures Transgovernmental network- a system where relevant officials conduct an intense discourse about