It is but a commonplace to claim that the European Union’s eastern enlargement has truly been a historic success story. Based on the logic of an interplay between the prospects of future accession, on the one hand, and the obligation of gradual norm approximation on the part of the candidate countries, on the other, the eastern enlargement has inspired policymakers to adopt some of these features for other instances of international political rapprochement and cooperation. There is no doubt whatsoever that this underlying philosophy of Europeanization – both guided and safeguarded by strict conditionality – has not only facilitated the process of legal transplants from West to East, it has, moreover, contributed to the political stability of Europe as a whole. It may

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超越扩大：欧盟东部挑战的法律和（地缘）政治地标

声称欧盟的东扩确实是一个历史性的成功故事，这不过是家常便饭。基于未来加入的前景和候选国逐步逼近规范的义务之间相互作用的逻辑，东部扩大已激励政策制定者采用其中一些特征对于其他国际政治和解与合作的例子。毫无疑问，这种以严格条件为指导和保障的欧洲化的基本哲学不仅促进了从西方到东方的法律移植过程，而且还为整个欧洲的政治稳定做出了贡献。它可能