The EU faces a serious crisis of democratic legitimacy. Citizens
believe that the EU is run by distant and non-responsive political
elites. The EU's perceived lack of responsiveness to ordinary
citizens poses a threat to its very survival. This timely book
presents a comprehensive account of how EU governments signal
responsiveness to the interests of their citizens over European
policies. Schneider develops and tests a theoretical framework of
the intergovernmental dimension of responsive governance in the
European Union, using evidence amassed over nearly ten years of
multi-method research. The findings show that European cooperation
in the Council of the European Union takes place in the shadow of
national elections. Governments signal responsiveness to their
publics by taking positions that are in the interests of
politically relevant voters at the national level, defending these
positions throughout negotiations in the Council, and seeking
appropriate policy outcomes at the EU level.
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