The council presidency in the European Union : responsibility with power
Thomson, Robert (2008) The council presidency in the European Union : responsibility with power. Journal of Common Market Studies, 46 (3). pp. 593-617. ISSN 1468-5965 (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5965.2008.00793.x)
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The extent of the Council presidency's political influence is the subject of disagreement among both practitioners and researchers. While some describe the presidency as responsibility without power, others suggest that it provides incumbent states with an opportunity to achieve decision outcomes close to their preferences. This article formulates and tests hypotheses on the conditions under which presidents influence the timing and content of decision outcomes in the legislative arena. Decision outcomes are shown to be significantly more favourable to presidents in the chair at the time of adoption than to other Member States, even after controlling for other factors that influence bargaining success.
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Item type: Article ID code: 43171 Dates: DateEventJune 2008Published1 May 2008Published OnlineSubjects: Political Science > Political theory Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > PoliticsDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 12 Mar 2013 10:36 Last modified: 31 Aug 2024 19:50 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/43171