ASSOCIATION POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE ASYMMETRY QUESTION

Year 2020, Volume: 19 Issue: 2, 365 - 400, 12.03.2021

Ufuk Alkan

https://doi.org/10.32450/aacd.886112

Abstract

The aim of this article is to put an emphasis on the asymmetrical aspects of association policy of the EU. The article problematizes the weakness of institutional association between the EU and associated countries despite the high volume of direct and indirect rule taking by these countries. The main argument of the article is that the EU needs to develop an institutionalized associate membership status at least for associated countries in Europe, i.e. European in the sense of the article 49 of the Treaty on the EU. It is concluded that a new association policy may accommodate better interests of both the EU and associate countries. This is especially
important for an improved image of the EU in these countries.

Keywords

EU Association Policy, Association Agreements, Asymmetry, External Differentiated Integration

Avrupa Birliği Ortaklık Politikası ve Asimetri Sorunu

Abstract

Bu makalenin amacı, AB'nin ortaklık politikasının asimetrik yönlerine vurgu yapmaktır. Çalışmada, ortak ülkelerin doğrudan ve dolaylı olarak çok fazla kuralı üstlenmelerine rağmen, AB ile aralarındaki kurumsal ortaklığın zayıflığı sorunsallaştırılmaktadır. Makalenin temel argümanı, AB'nin, en azından AB Antlaşması madde 49’da ifade edilen Avrupalı ülkeler için kurumsallaşmış bir ortak üyelik statüsü geliştirmesi gerektiği şeklindedir. Yeni bir ortaklık politikasının hem AB hem de ortak ülkelerin çıkarlarını daha iyi karşılayabileceği sonucuna varılmaktadır. Bu, özellikle ortak ülkelerde AB'nin imajını iyileştirmesi için önemlidir.

Keywords

AB Ortaklık Politikası, Ortaklık Anlaşmaları, Asimetri, Harici Farklılaştırılmış Entegrasyon

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