“…Investigating the EU's policy objectives also provides a link to research that focuses on explaining progressive or ambitious international EU policies, for example in international environmental co‐operation (e.g. Falkner, ; Kelemen and Vogel, ; Schreurs and Tiberghien, ), international human rights promotion (Balducci, ) or international criminal law (Garsky, ). Finally, it is worth mentioning that the quality of the policy objectives affects the chances of goal achievement (see below).…”