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    Le transfert d’expĂ©rience de l’Europe centrale et orientale vers le voisinage europĂ©en : rhĂ©torique ou rĂ©alitĂ© ? Les cas polonais et tchĂšque

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    AprĂšs leur adhĂ©sion Ă  l’Union europĂ©enne en 2004 ou 2007, l’ensemble des pays d’Europe centrale et orientale ont dĂ©clarĂ© vouloir transfĂ©rer leur expĂ©rience de la transition dĂ©mocratique, du passage Ă  l’économie de marchĂ© et de l’introduction de l’état de droit vers d’autres rĂ©gions en transition. Ils ont particuliĂšrement influencĂ© la mise en place d’une politique europĂ©enne vers l’Est, jusqu’ici relativement absente, et le lancement de la Politique europĂ©enne de voisinage en 2003. La rhĂ©torique mise en place est particuliĂšrement forte et visible, mais qu’en est-il exactement de la mise en Ɠuvre des politiques d’aide Ă  la transition ? Quelle rĂ©alitĂ© le discours politique recouvre-t-il, aussi bien dans sa dimension bilatĂ©rale que multilatĂ©rale ? Loin de reprĂ©senter un bloc homogĂšne d’Etats, les pays d’Europe centrale et orientale ont construit leurs discours de politique Ă©trangĂšre en s’appuyant sur des filiations idĂ©ologiques plus anciennes et des prioritĂ©s gĂ©ographiques diffĂ©rentes. MalgrĂ© l’engagement d’un ensemble d’acteurs issus de la sociĂ©tĂ© civile et la rĂ©alisation de rĂ©formes dans la politique de dĂ©veloppement, les moyens, modestes, demandent Ă  ĂȘtre mieux mobilisĂ©s pour ĂȘtre Ă  la hauteur de la tĂąche. Dans le contexte de la crise Ă©conomique, la recherche de consensus sur les intĂ©rĂȘts Ă  dĂ©fendre et les moyens Ă  mobiliser, comme dans le cadre du Groupe de Visegrad et d’autres formats comme le Triangle de Weimar, apparaissent ĂȘtre des options importantes Ă  suivre pour renforcer la cohĂ©rence des actions de politique Ă©trangĂšre entreprises

    Constructivism and Rationalism as Analytical Lenses: The Case of the European Neighbourhood Policy

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    The paper proposes a novel way in which social constructivism and rationalism might be combined in the study of the EUÂŽs external relations. It proceeds in four steps: First, a basic model for the study of EU external policies is introduced, with its four basic elements being based on different combinations of constructivism and rationalism. Second, existing theories are categorised in accordance with the model. Third, a case study exploring the relations of three countries in the EUÂŽs Eastern neighbourhood (Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia) with the Union is introduced, through which the practical applicability of the model is demonstrated. Fourth, the paper concludes with some theoretical remarks

    French Policies toward Central Eastern Europe: Not a Foreign Policy Priority, but a Real Presence

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    The study maps the political, economic, and cultural relations between France and the Central Eastern European countries ten years after the EU’s 2004 eastern enlargement. It shows that, although France has not officially or explicitly elevated the region to the status of a foreign policy priority, there is a real French presence in the region. As a general rule, France has been prioritizing the development of relations with the biggest Central Eastern European countries (and markets) and with the most francophone ones. The paper illustrates this by analyzing France’s recent investment in its bilateral relationship with Poland. This relationship has witnessed significant developments—first and foremost in the field of defense and security—and bears great potential. The paper concludes by discussing what the ongoing Franco-Polish rapprochement means for the Weimar Triangle dynamic and for EU foreign policy, in particular in the context of the Ukraine crisis

    Les rĂ©sultats des Ă©lections europĂ©ennes 2019 en Allemagne ou l’affirmation d’une «frontiĂšre fantĂŽme»

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    International audienceLes rĂ©sultats des Ă©lections europĂ©ennes qui ont eu lieu le 26 mai 2019 en Allemagne sont symptomatiques des Ă©volutions contrastĂ©es de la sociĂ©tĂ© allemande. Leur analyse montre lÂŽĂ©croulement des partis traditionnels de rassemblement que sont les ChrĂ©tiens-dĂ©mocrates et les Sociaux-dĂ©mocrates, la montĂ©e des Verts et le maintien de la Droite radicale populiste. Dans quelle mesure ces rĂ©sultats reprĂ©sentent-ils une remise en question du clivage politique traditionnel gauche-droite? Cet article, appuyĂ© sur une sĂ©rie de cartes, met en lumiĂšre une forte polarisation spatiale du champ politique autour des Verts et de la Droite radicale populiste : on voit rĂ©apparaĂźtre l’ancienne partition territoriale de la Guerre froide sous forme de « frontiĂšre fantĂŽme »

    Can the discourse on "soft power" help the EU to bridge its capability-expectations gap? European Political Economy Review No. 7 (Summer 2007), pp. 195-226

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    Very recently, a new buzz word has appeared in official speeches in the field of the European Union (EU)’s external relations: “Soft power”. The notion was first coined for the American foreign policy and is now at the heart of EU foreign policy discourses, especially on the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The ENP launched in 2003 for the new EU neighbours heavily draws on the experience of enlargement by exporting internal norms, values and policies abroad. The article explores the hypothesis that the discourse on “soft power” represents an attempt to go beyond a traditional understanding of foreign policy and of conditionality. By developing its own definition of “soft power”, the EU tries to position itself on the international stage by preferring civilian over coercive means and thus seeks to increase the ENP’s legitimacy through attraction instead of accession. Nevertheless, it will need to improve internal consistency if it wants to avoid serious criticism on the ENP and bridge its famous capability-expectations gap

    Towards a multi-bilateral enlargement policy? German assistance to Central and Eastern Europe at the crossroads with European aid programs

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    [Summary]. Since a few years, a lively debate has taken place on whether European regionalisation process contributes to a decline or a restructuring of the nation state. In this article, the case of German assistance to Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) will help analysing how national external policies evolve and adapt to a new integrative environment. The eastwards enlargement of the European Union will be the general framework for making the interdisciplinary link between foreign policy and European questions. As we argue that the enlargement is a sui generis process, one way to analyse the restructuring state is making sociology of the German federal field of aid. Drawing on the literature on social constructivism, sociological institutionalism and sociology of elites, we adopt two variables (identity norms and institutions), which have to be tested in order to understand structural and relational power (S. Strange) among actors involved in national/bilateral (Transform program) and European/multilateral projects (Phare/Twinning). As a result, we contribute to the debate on governance, as we observe that German cooperative federalism is particularly put into question, we argue that a multi-bilateral policy towards CEEC is in fact taking shape
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