Why do negotiation processes matter?: informal capabilities as determinants of EU member states bargaining success in the Council of the EU

How do differences in the informal capabilities of Member States impact their bargaining success at the EU level? Based on new datasets collected via 145 semi-structured interviews with national negotiators and EU officials in Brussels, this research shows how MS informal capabilities impact legisla...

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Autor: Perarnaud, Clément
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:CBUC, CESCA
Repositorio:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/672412
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/672412
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Power
European Union
Council of the EU
Informal capabilities
Decision-making
Poder
Unión Europea
Consejo de la UE
Capacidades informales
Toma de decisiones
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Sumario:How do differences in the informal capabilities of Member States impact their bargaining success at the EU level? Based on new datasets collected via 145 semi-structured interviews with national negotiators and EU officials in Brussels, this research shows how MS informal capabilities impact legislative outcomes in the EU. This research provides evidence that informal capacities, such as the effectiveness of MS permanent representations and their capacity to coordinate with other actors in the legislative decision-making, matter for bargaining success. Using a mixed-method design, this dissertation explores the conditions and mechanisms granting more explanatory power to informal capabilities as determinants of EU Member States bargaining success in the Council of the EU.