Napel, Stefan (contributor); Widgrén, Mika (contributor) - 2006
:CouncilofMinisters(qualifiedmajority)EP:EuropeanParliament(simplemajority)
Mj:HeadofgovernmentfrommemberstatejC
1:nominatedCommissionPresident
x1CM C1EP
M2,…,
M25X
2,…,X25yes {x2,…,x25}CMyes EPyes …
nonono
CMyes {x1,…,x25}
Stage1 Stage2 Stage3 Stage4 Stage5
no
xj:candidatefrommemberstatejX
j … convex policy space X ‰Rk and the utility function
u(x;‚) = ¡d1(x;‚) = ¡
kX
i=1
jxi ¡‚ij;
and time preferences characterized …