There has been a gradual consolidation of interparliamentary cooperation over EU foreign and security policies (CFSP/CSDP). This has culminated in the setting up of a dedicated interparliamentary conference (IPC) on the CFSP/CSDP. This paper considers whether IPC gatherings in their current form help foster the creation of a transnational epistemic community of parliamentarians in foreign and security affairs and thereby aid the empowerment of parliamentary actors in the EU. To this end, IPC attendance patterns are analysed. The article finds that attendance at IPCs' diverges between EU parliaments. This and the fact that few parliamentarians choose to participate again reduces the IPC's utility to facilitate regular interparliamentary contacts. The article then explores structural and individual determinants of these patterns. The findings are relevant for the larger literature on parliamentary participation, as well as on interparliamentary cooperation in general.

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参加关于 CFSP/CSDP 的议会间会议：促进欧盟议会认知共同体的出现？

各国议会间在欧盟外交和安全政策（CFSP/CSDP）方面的合作逐渐巩固。这最终导致了关于 CFSP/CSDP 的专门议会间会议 (IPC) 的建立。本文考虑了目前形式的 IPC 聚会是否有助于促进外交和安全事务中议员的跨国认知共同体的建立，从而有助于增强欧盟议会行为者的权能。为此，分析了 IPC 出勤模式。文章发现，欧盟议会之间 IPC 的出席情况存在差异。这一点以及很少有议员选择再次参与这一事实降低了 IPC 促进议会间定期接触的效用。然后，本文探讨了这些模式的结构和个体决定因素。