The quiet evolution of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) into a de facto decision-making body has received surprisingly little attention by integration researchers. Even less attention has been paid to the novel institutional form and underlying rationality of this forum at the interface between the national and Community levels. Based on extensive semi-structured interviews with members of the Brussels’ permanent representations, this essay examines how Coreper maintains the performance and output of the Council through the production of a distinct culture of compromise and community-method. The result, empirically demonstrated in case studies of the 1994 local elections directive and of the 1996 Helms-Burton countermeas...
When picturing policy-making in the European Union (EU), we usually think of national mini _ sters a...
2 Abstract: Within the Council of the European Union (EU), the institution designed to represent ‘na...
The EU has tried to bridge decision making by qualified majority and unanimity over the years by exp...
The quiet evolution of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) into a de facto decision...
I have organized this paper into two main sections. In the first I will summarize the main empirical...
The Council of the EU is a crucial actor in EU legislative decision-making. However, how its reaches...
This paper represents a first and thus preliminary account of an ongoing research project on the EU’...
This article examines the European Union\u27s Committee of Permanent Representatives, or COREPER, a ...
The Council of the EU is a crucial actor in EU legislative decision-making. However, how its reaches...
"Committees play an important role in the European Community. In quantitative terms, the estimated n...
Abstract This article examines the European Union's Committee of Permanent Representatives, or ...
[Introduction]. Many observers claim that the implementation of the Co-decision mechanism with the E...
Abstract This article examines the European Union's Committee of Permanent Representatives, or ...
'Die freiwillige Koordinierung nationaler Politikbereiche und der Vergleich von 'Best Practice' Mode...
International audienceLike other governmental and intergovernmental organizations, in the 1990s the ...
When picturing policy-making in the European Union (EU), we usually think of national mini _ sters a...
2 Abstract: Within the Council of the European Union (EU), the institution designed to represent ‘na...
The EU has tried to bridge decision making by qualified majority and unanimity over the years by exp...
The quiet evolution of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) into a de facto decision...
I have organized this paper into two main sections. In the first I will summarize the main empirical...
The Council of the EU is a crucial actor in EU legislative decision-making. However, how its reaches...
This paper represents a first and thus preliminary account of an ongoing research project on the EU’...
This article examines the European Union\u27s Committee of Permanent Representatives, or COREPER, a ...
The Council of the EU is a crucial actor in EU legislative decision-making. However, how its reaches...
"Committees play an important role in the European Community. In quantitative terms, the estimated n...
Abstract This article examines the European Union's Committee of Permanent Representatives, or ...
[Introduction]. Many observers claim that the implementation of the Co-decision mechanism with the E...
Abstract This article examines the European Union's Committee of Permanent Representatives, or ...
'Die freiwillige Koordinierung nationaler Politikbereiche und der Vergleich von 'Best Practice' Mode...
International audienceLike other governmental and intergovernmental organizations, in the 1990s the ...
When picturing policy-making in the European Union (EU), we usually think of national mini _ sters a...
2 Abstract: Within the Council of the European Union (EU), the institution designed to represent ‘na...
The EU has tried to bridge decision making by qualified majority and unanimity over the years by exp...