“欧洲学期”机制探析

"欧洲学期"机制是欧盟为应对和克服主权债务危机而推出的一项深化和扩大政策协调、完善其经济治理的重大改革举措。本文通过对"欧洲学期"机制产生的背景、主要内容与创新、其初期效果以及对欧洲一体化进程的影响的分析,认为该机制虽然在政策有效性和合法性上存在一些不足之处,但在制度设计上具有明显的创新和突破,标志着欧盟财政协调制度向前迈进了实质性的重要一步。

An Analysis of the "European Semester"

The "European Semester",an important step taken by the EU in response to the sovereign debt crisis,is aimed at enforcing and extending its policy coordination and at improving the economic governance.After analyzing the background,major contents and innovative measures of the "European Semester" and its primary effects and influences on the European integration,this paper concludes that although deficiencies still exist as to the policy effectiveness and legitimacy of this mechanism,it represents obvious progresses and breakthroughs in terms of the institutional setup and marks a substantial step forward for the fiscal coordination in the EU.