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The EC in the WTO: The three-level game of decision-making. What multilateralism can learn from regionalism
Leal-Arcas, Rafael - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 8 (2004) 09
's position in international trade negotiations: the Commission or the EU Member States?) and efficiency versus accountability … transparency, efficiency, accountability) can be paralleled to the WTO's decision-making process, and thus the European experience …
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Accountability deficits in European ‘Comitology’ decision-making
Brandsma, Gijs Jan - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 11 (2007) 05
the validity of this claim. After briefly discussing the meaning and aims of accountability, it is discussed where the … actual accountability problems can be expected. Institutionally, one may expect them between the committees and the … fully remedy accountability problems emerging there. Individually, one may expect accountability problems in the delegation …
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Time to Decide: The effect of early agreements on legislative duration in the EU
Toshkov; Dimiter; Rasmussen, Anne - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 16 (2012) 05
The increased use of early agreements in the EU co-decision procedure raises the concern that intra and inter-institutional political debate is sacrificed for the sake of efficiency. We investigate the effect of early agreements (trilogues) on the time it takes for legislation to be negotiated...
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Comitology and delegated acts after Lisbon: How the European Parliament lost the implementation game
Christiansen, Thomas; Dobbels, Mathias - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 16 (2012) 08
The European Parliament is frequently seen as the ‘big winner’ of the Lisbon Treaty, given the fact that several changes have significantly extended its powers, such as the extension of co-decision as the ordinary legislative procedure, and the introduction of the assent procedure to...
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Institutional Games Rational Actors Play The empowering of the European Parliament
Rasmussen, Anders - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 4 (2000) 01
In the three latest treaty reforms changes have been made to the procedures that regulate the legislative interaction between the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council. Whether the introduction of the co-operation procedure (1987), the co-decision procedure (1994) and the reform of...
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The Treaty of Amsterdam: Towards a New Institutional Balance
Nentwich, Michael; Falkner, Gerda - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 1 (1997) 08
This paper analyses the so-called 'Draft Treaty of Amsterdam' of 19 June 1997, focusing on the changes concerning the institutions and the decision-making procedures. It is argued that the sum of envisaged changes will considerably alter the institutional balance between the three main actors,...
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The European Parliaments Political Legitimacy and the Commissions Misleading Management: Towards a Parliamentarian European Union?
Muntean, Andrei M. - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 4 (2000) 05
. Finally, introducing the parliamentary model, this paper outlines a set of mechanisms to increase the accountability of a …
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Taming the ‘Trojan Horse’ of Comitology? Accountability issues of Comitology and the Role of the European Parliament
Neuhold, Christine - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 12 (2008) 04
legislation and seen as improving accountability of the whole Community system.This paper wants to come in here and probe into the … question whether the latest Decision on Comitology actually does alleviate the current accountability deficits of comitology. …
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The Council, the European Parliament, and the paradox of inter-institutional cooperation
Mühlböck; Monika; Rittberger, Berthold - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 19 (2015) 01
Decision-making between the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament is characterized by a paradox. On the one hand, there is a high potential for inter-institutional conflict. Historically, the EP and the Council have been opponents in the struggle for power. In addition, both...
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Old 'foundations' and new 'rules' - For an enlarged European Union
Schmitter, Phillipe C.; Torreblanca, José I. - In: European Integration online Papers (EIoP) 1 (1997) 04
This paper presents a novel arrangement for the distribution of votes and the rules of decision-making in an enlarged European Union (EU). We make two assumptions: (1) that the EU is condemned to enlarge its membership in the near future; and (2) if it does this without changing the existing...
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