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The Council Presidency: power broker or burden? An emperical analysis
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Abstract The potential impact of the EU Council Presidency on legislative decision-making has been frequently identified. This article provides an empirical analysis of the Presidency's influence on decision outcomes based on a large-n data set. Two counterfactuals are used to represent consensual decision-m... view more
The potential impact of the EU Council Presidency on legislative decision-making has been frequently identified. This article provides an empirical analysis of the Presidency's influence on decision outcomes based on a large-n data set. Two counterfactuals are used to represent consensual decision-making and hard bargaining in the Council. The role of supranational actors is controlled for directly. The findings show that a member state benefits from holding the Presidency during the final stages of the legislative proceedings. Besides the support of supranational actors, the regression analysis controls for the voting threshold, the type of proposal and salience.... view less
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
European Politics
Free Keywords
Council of the European Union; Council Presidency; EU legislation; power;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 315-338
Journal
European Union Politics, 9 (2008) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116508093487
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)