The Council of Ministers

ISBN-13: 9780333948651 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 320 str.

Fiona Hayes-Renshaw; Professor Helen Wallace

Opis

A systematically revised new edition of the definitive text on the EU's main legislative and negotiating body taking full account of the current process of reform of the Council and the likely impact of EU enlargement.

Spis treści

Introduction.- PART 1: WHO DOES WHAT?.- National Representatives Decide: The Ministers in Council.- Officials Prepare the Ground: The Preparatory Bodies.- Bureaucrats Organise and Advise:.- The Council Secretariat.- Taking Turns at the Wheel: The Presidency.- PART II: WITH WHOM?.- Overlapping Competences: The Council and the European Council.- Competition and Cooperation: The Council and the Commission.- An Evolving Partnership: The Council and the European Parliament.- Not Just Governments: The Council and the Member States.- PART III: HOW?.- Less Often than Expected: Voting in the Council.- Compromise and Consensus: Negotiation and Bargaining in the Council.- Conclusions.

O autorze

FIONA HAYES-RENSHAW is Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.

HELEN WALLACE is Director, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.