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The European Parliament in the Contested Union provides a
systematic assessment of the real influence of the European
Parliament (EP) in policy-making. Ten years after the coming into
force of the Treaty of Lisbon, which significantly empowered
Europe's only directly elected institution, the contributions
collected in this volume analyse whether, and under what
conditions, the EP has been able to use its new powers and shape
decisions. Going beyond formal or normative descriptions of the
EP's powers, this book provides an up-to-date and timely empirical
assessment of the role of the EP in the European Union, focusing on
key cases such as the reforms of the EU's economic governance and
asylum policy, the Brexit negotiations and the budget. The book
challenges and qualifies the conventional view that the EP has
become more influential after Lisbon. It shows that the influence
of the EP is conditional on the salience of the negotiated policy
for the Member States. When EU legislation touches upon 'core state
powers', as well as when national financial resources are at stake,
the role of the EP - notwithstanding its formal powers - is more
constrained and its influence more limited. This book provides
fresh light on the impact of the EP and its role in a more
contested and politicised European Union. Bringing together an
international team of top scholars in the field and analysing a
wealth of new evidence, The European Parliament in the Contested
Union challenges conventional explanations on the role of the EP,
tracking down empirically its impact on key policies and processes.
It will be of great interest to scholars of the European Union,
European politics and policy-making. The chapters were originally
published as a special issue of the Journal of European
Integration.
EU foreign and defence policy is largely formulated in the working
parties and committees of the Council of the EU and the vast
majority of decisions in this field are made by the national
diplomats working in the around 35 groups of the CFSP/CSDP.
Although the importance of these committees and their participants
has been increasingly recognised, we still know relatively little
about them. Using an original database of 138 questionnaires and 37
interviews, this book addresses this lack of knowledge, studying
what these committees do and how they negotiate and resolve issues.
It explores three key areas: the formulation of the national
position; the identity of CFSP/CSDP policy-makers; negotiation
practices and outputs. In doing so, it provides an innovative
observation point from which EU foreign policy can be analysed.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of EU
foreign and defence policy, external relations of the EU, European
integration and politics, diplomacy and more broadly international
relations.
EU foreign and defence policy is largely formulated in the working
parties and committees of the Council of the EU and the vast
majority of decisions in this field are made by the national
diplomats working in the around 35 groups of the CFSP/CSDP.
Although the importance of these committees and their participants
has been increasingly recognised, we still know relatively little
about them. Using an original database of 138 questionnaires and 37
interviews, this book addresses this lack of knowledge, studying
what these committees do and how they negotiate and resolve issues.
It explores three key areas: the formulation of the national
position; the identity of CFSP/CSDP policy-makers; negotiation
practices and outputs. In doing so, it provides an innovative
observation point from which EU foreign policy can be analysed.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of EU
foreign and defence policy, external relations of the EU, European
integration and politics, diplomacy and more broadly international
relations.
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