EU policies are set jointly by the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council. But which of these institutions has more power to determine final policy outcomes? Drawing on a new study, Philippe van Gruisen and Christophe Crombez show that even though the Commission has lost powers with subsequent Treaty changes, it remains a powerful player in EU policymaking
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Much of the legislation that is passed in the EU is agreed during informal negotiations between the ...
The dispute between Italy and the European Commission over the Italian budget for 2019 illustrates a...
Much of the European Parliament’s work rests on negotiations within parliamentary committees, as wel...
The EU and the UK have yet to reach an agreement on their future relationship, but if an agreement i...
EU treaty reforms have progressively increased the power of the European Parliament by making it a c...
The Lisbon Treaty introduced the most far-reaching reforms to EU foreign and security policy coopera...
Decision-making in the Council of the European Union has long been characterised by a depoliticised ...
Every year, the European Commission publishes a set of country-specific recommendations to advise EU...
Members of the European Commission often give media statements about Commission proposals. But what ...
Numerous studies have attempted to measure the relative bargaining power that each EU member state h...
The concept of 'sovereignty' is typically taken to mean the ability of states to make their own laws...
The design of the EU’s system of economic governance has caused frequent disagreements between membe...
The EU responded to the Eurozone crisis by recommitting to the Stability and Growth Pact – the Euroz...
The creation of a European social policy has been a long-held goal of many political actors across E...
There are some striking differences in how European leaders have explained the Covid-19 pandemic to ...
Much of the legislation that is passed in the EU is agreed during informal negotiations between the ...
The dispute between Italy and the European Commission over the Italian budget for 2019 illustrates a...
Much of the European Parliament’s work rests on negotiations within parliamentary committees, as wel...
The EU and the UK have yet to reach an agreement on their future relationship, but if an agreement i...