ABSTRACT Fifteen years have passed since the European Union launched the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). Despite the EU’s attempts to reload the ENP, first in 2011 and later in 2015, in response to challenges in the neighbourhood, the ENP continues to suffer from a credibility-expectations gap. This article argues that understanding neighbour perceptions of the ENP offers useful insights about the ENP. Supported by twenty-five interviews with Georgian and Ukrainian public officials, the article unveils the EU’s credibility challenge in the Eastern neighbourhood caused by a gap between the EU’s own perception of its role and the role expectations held by the ENP partners, as well as a gap between partners’ expectations and the EU’s performance on the ground. The lack of coherence, legitimacy and consistency has undermined the credibility of the ENP in the eyes of its Eastern partners. The latest review of the ENP does not seem to address the credibility challenge.

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欧洲联盟在其欧洲邻里政策中的信誉-期望差距：来自格鲁吉亚和乌克兰的观点

摘要自欧盟启动欧洲邻国政策（ENP）以来已经过去了15年。尽管欧盟曾尝试在2011年和2015年晚些时候重新加载ENP，以应对邻里的挑战，但ENP仍然面临着信誉期望方面的缺口。本文认为，了解邻居对ENP的看法可提供有关ENP的有用见解。在对格鲁吉亚和乌克兰公职人员进行的25次采访的支持下，本文揭示了欧盟在东部邻里的信誉挑战，这是由于欧盟自身对其角色的认识与ENP合作伙伴对角色的期望与期望之间的差距所致。合作伙伴的期望与欧盟实际表现之间的差距。缺乏连贯性，合法性和连贯性削弱了ENP在其东方伙伴眼中的信誉。对ENP的最新审查似乎并未解决信誉挑战。