Technical or political ? The working groups of the EU council of ministers

Fouilleux Eve, De Maillard Jacques, Smith Andy. 2005. Technical or political ? The working groups of the EU council of ministers. Journal of European Public Policy, 12 (4) : 609-623.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13501760500160102

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Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Economie-gestion; Science politique

Résumé : The Council is too often depicted as the battleground for intermit-tent clashes between national ministers. Based upon case studies of legislation produced in five 'First Pillar' sectors, the research presented here has explored the submerged, and much larger, part of this institutional 'iceberg': Council working groups. It does so by examining how members of these entities interact with civil servants in COREPER and ministers, on the one hand, and representatives of the Commission and the European Parliament, on the other. Contrary to many practitioner or formalist accounts, the principal finding is that working groups do not operate solely on a 'technical level'. Instead, they are vital arenas through which the ambiguous nature of politics in the European Union heavily influences negotiating processes and legislative outcomes.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : politique

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Europe

Classification Agris : E10 - Économie et politique agricoles
D50 - Législation

Champ stratégique Cirad : Axe 5 (2005-2013) - Politiques publiques, pauvreté et inégalités

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