But it can provide a political framework and institution-building support to improve the deficiencies that made these countries so vulnerable to the crisis: imperfect market economies, weak state institutions, and continued corruption. The Eastern Partnership’s offer of deep integration with the EU in the areas such as trade and energy carries with it considerable transformational power.
东部伙伴关系并不能迅速弥补危机造成的后果。但它却能提供政治框架和制度建设支持，逐步改善导致这些国家易受危机影响的弱点：不完善的市场经济、软弱无力的国家体制和持续腐败。东部伙伴关系在贸易和能源等领域与欧盟深层次融合的提议伴随着极大的转型力量。