开放协调机制——欧盟应对成员国多样性的新治理模式

为了在尊重成员国的多样性和实现欧盟治理的统一性之间找到适当的平衡,欧盟发展了一种名为"开放协调机制"的新治理模式。作为一种介于政府间合作与超国家治理之间的新治理模式,开放协调机制具有鲜明的特点和优点,它不是一个立法决策机制,而是一个以目标为导向的、进程灵活的软法治理机制。作为一种新近提出的治理模式,开放协调机制仍处在实践探索阶段,其所适用的政策领域相对有限,但是其对欧盟多层治理体制的潜在影响却不容忽视。

Open Method of Coordination:New Mode of EU Governance of Addressing the Diversity Among Member States

A new mode of EU governance named open method of coordination (OMC) has been initiated in order to find a proper balance between respecting the diversity among Member States and realizing the unification of EU governance. As a new mode of governance between inter-governmental governance and supranational governance,OMC has its own characteristics and merits. It is not a legislation process,but a soft law governance which is target-oriented and flexibility in process. OMC is still in the early stage of practice and its application is relatively limited,but its potential impact on the multi-level governance of the EU can not be neglected.