冷战后的欧洲防务合作:英法德三大国的斗争与妥协

European Defense Cooperation:Contending Views and Compromise among the Three EU Powers of Britain,France and Germany

欧洲防务合作问题由来已久,但这种合作并不必然意味着要建立完全独立的欧洲防务。相反,欧洲联盟内部有相当一部分国家主张欧洲防务合作不能偏离"跨大西洋联盟"的框架,尽管这种态度也为部分秉持"欧洲主义"政策路线的人所反对。文章就此考察了冷战后欧盟内部对欧洲防务合作问题有相当影响的英国、法国和德国三大国对于该问题的立场分歧,以及围绕此问题而在它们之间展开的斗争及其妥协结果。

The issue of European defense cooperation has lasted for a long time, but actually it does not necessarily lead to the establishment of a completely independent European Defense against the United States. On the contrary, there have been some ELI members who would not like to see the defense cooperation deviate the framework of the so called Trans-Atlantic Alliance Relationship, although they have been frequently denounced by other EU members who adhere to the policy of Europeanism. This article will make a review of the contending views among the three EU powers of Britain, France and Germany on the issue of European defense cooperation, and then analyze their compromise on the issue during the process of European integration, and finally explain the factors which may account for those compromises.