This article assesses the role that emotions play in European Union foreign policy-making. EU decision-making has often been depicted as technocratic and ‘de-dramatized’, yet there are still situations in which emotions can affect the process and outcomes of foreign policy decision-making. Using examples of the EU's responses to crises in Ukraine and Myanmar, the article illustrates that emotions can motivate the taking of particular decisions at particular times. Further, the EU expresses emotions in its foreign policy communications, although its use of emotional diplomacy may not be accompanied by substantive action appropriate to the emotions expressed, thus revealing the existence of an emotions–action gap. The ‘emotional turn’ in foreign policy analysis can open up new directions for research in EU foreign policy, and the conclusion considers other promising avenues for researching emotions and EU foreign policy.

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情绪与欧盟外交政策

本文评估情绪在欧盟外交政策制定中的作用。欧盟的决策经常被描述为技术官僚和“去戏剧化”，但在某些情况下，情绪会影响外交政策决策的过程和结果。文章以欧盟对乌克兰和缅甸危机的反应为例，说明情绪可以促使在特定时间做出特定决定。此外，欧盟在其外交政策沟通中表达了情绪，尽管其使用情绪外交可能不会伴随着与所表达情绪相适应的实质性行动，从而揭示了情绪-行动差距的存在。外交政策分析中的“情感转向”可以为欧盟外交政策的研究开辟新的方向，