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The European Commission as a Policy Entrepreneur under the European Semester
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Abstract This article discusses the impact that the reforms of the European Union's economic governance since 2011 have had on the European Commission's role as a policy entrepreneur. Particular attention is paid to mechanisms that are applied by the Commission to extend its scope beyond its given formal com... view more
This article discusses the impact that the reforms of the European Union's economic governance since 2011 have had on the European Commission's role as a policy entrepreneur. Particular attention is paid to mechanisms that are applied by the Commission to extend its scope beyond its given formal competences to shape national reform agendas. The research interest is based on the assumption that the Commission is a 'competence-maximising rational actor' (Pollack, 1997), whose primary organisational goals are to expand the scope of Community competence and increase the Commission's own standing within the policy process. Accordingly, this research contributes to the scholarly debate by identifying mechanisms applied by the Commission under the European Semester to shape European and national reform agendas in areas of sovereign policymaking competences of the member states.... view less
Keywords
European Commission; EU; economic policy; political reform
Classification
European Politics
Free Keywords
European Commission; European Semester; economic governance; policy entrepreneurship; soft law
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 63-73
Journal
Politics and Governance, 9 (2021) 3
Issue topic
Resilient Institutions: The Impact of Rule Change on Policy Outputs in European Union Decision-Making Processes
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed