The Study of European Union Foreign and Security Policy: Structural Reforms

• Main Authors: Yi-ling Liu, 劉怡伶
• Other Authors: Cen-chu Shen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50163977886708499853

碩士 === 南華大學 === 歐洲研究所 === 91 === 　　The European Union (EU) has suffered frustrations repeatedly whiling stepping hard towards the political integration. Until the Maastricht Treaty came into effect in 1993, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) has been brought into the framework of the EU and become one of the three pillars of the EU structure. However, the efficacy of the CFSP is limited while observing the activities of the CFSP in the major international affairs. 　　 　　Since the nature of the structure and operation of the CFSP differs from the EC’s, the cooperation of the EU states in the CFSP field is intergovernmental. The CFSP issues always touch on national sovereignty and divergent interests of member states, and therefore the efficiency of the policy-making is apt to be lowered and then it affects the presentation of the EU on the international stage. In view of this, the EU tried to improve the structure of the CFSP in both the Amsterdam Treaty and the Nice Treaty. Nevertheless, the essential problems remain and on the US-Iraq crisis in 2003, the positions of the EU states diverge even more seriously than ever. 　　 　　The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the development of the CFSP as well as the agents and the contents of its structural reforms, and then examine the effect of the structural reforms by exampling the EU positions to US-Iraq war in 2003 and take a glance into the future.