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The Council of the EU in Times of Economic Crisis: A Policy Entrepreneur for the Internal Market
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science. (European Studies)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9664-1456
2020 (English)In: Journal of Contemporary European Research, E-ISSN 1815-347X, Vol. 16, no 1, p. 65-81Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

While many studies have focused on the European Commission and its potential to act as a policy entrepreneur, little research has been undertaken into how intergovernmental institutions as a whole are able to shape and advocate certain policies. This article fills that gap by analysing debates in the Council of the European Union on two major strategies: the Small Business Act for Europe and the Europe 2020 strategy. These debates were analysed using newspaper articles in the daily bulletins of Agence Europe, yielding 469 statements which were qualitatively evaluated by means of content analysis. The results demonstrate that the Council as a whole is able to act as a policy entrepreneur if certain conditions are met, namely a common interest and political goal among member states, a need for economic measures due to a crisis situation, and the possibility of shifting unpopular decisions to Brussels.

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London: UACES , 2020. Vol. 16, no 1, p. 65-81
Keywords [en]
European integration, EU institutions, Council of the EU, economic crisis, policy entrepreneur, internal market
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Political Science
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Social Sciences, Political Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-89984DOI: 10.30950/jcer.v16i1.1086ISI: 000521644000006Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85084789910OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-89984DiVA, id: diva2:1368934
Available from: 2019-11-08 Created: 2019-11-08 Last updated: 2023-10-03Bibliographically approved

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