Opportunité and reluctance : implications of the Euro for the European Union's role in world politics

Insofar as the European Union acts effective^ in worldpolitics, the basis ofits influence is économie. This article seeks to assess the extent to which adoption ofthe euro bas enhanced the EU's external influence and ability to act. It examines the concept of actorness in International Relation...

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主要作者: Bretherton, Charlotte
格式: Article ou chapitre numérique
語言:Français
出版: 2003
在線閱讀:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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總結:Insofar as the European Union acts effective^ in worldpolitics, the basis ofits influence is économie. This article seeks to assess the extent to which adoption ofthe euro bas enhanced the EU's external influence and ability to act. It examines the concept of actorness in International Relations and constders the ivays in which actorness is constructed through a combination of présence, capability and opportunity. This last focuses in particular upon the perceptions and expectations of third parties mit h whom the EU interacts. It is concludtd that, in principle, adoption of the euro contributes significantly to the international présence of the EU. Hoivever a number offactors bave combined to inhibit the impact ofthe euro.