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中东欧国家“回归欧洲”的步伐稳健而坚定。如果不出现意外,波兰、匈牙利、捷克、斯洛伐克、爱沙尼亚、拉脱维亚、立陶宛与斯洛文尼亚等中东欧八国,加上地中海上的塞浦路斯和马耳他,将于2004年5月正式加入欧盟。届时的欧盟成员总数,将从15国跃至25国之多。此外,尚未结束谈判的两个中东欧国家,即罗马尼亚与保加利亚,也有望于2007年入盟。欧盟此次扩大,是欧盟首次突破西欧地区向中东欧国家扩展;而中东欧申请加入欧盟的成员之多,与欧盟现有成员的发展差距之大,可谓前所未有。这些特点,既对扩大的实现构成严峻挑战,又对欧洲与欧盟未来发展,产生深远影响。那么。经济发展差距如此之大的两个地区是怎样走向联合的?东扩又带来了怎样的影响?在此,让我们听取中国社科院欧洲研究所研究员吴弦的分析。
Central and Eastern European countries “steady return to Europe” steady and firm. Without any exception, the eight Central and Eastern European countries such as Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia, together with Cyprus and Malta in the Mediterranean, will formally join the European Union in May 2004. By then, the total number of EU members will jump from 15 to 25. In addition, the two Central and Eastern European countries that have not yet concluded negotiations, namely Romania and Bulgaria, are also expected to join the league in 2007. The enlargement of the EU is the first time that the EU has broken through western Europe to expand to the countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The large membership of the Central and Eastern European countries that apply for membership in the EU can be described as unprecedented in its development from the current membership of the EU. These characteristics not only pose severe challenges to the expansion but also have a profound impact on the future development of Europe and the EU. Then How are the two regions with such a huge gap in economic development moving toward a coalition? What impact will the eastward expansion bring? Here, let us listen to the analysis of Wu Xian, a researcher with the European Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.