Understanding EU Decision-Making
This book presents in a concise and accessible way why the EU institutional system exists in its present form, how the EU fits into the world as a system of governance, and who is involved in EU policy processes. It outlines the historical context which h
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Understanding EU DecisionMaking
Understanding EU Decision-Making
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Edward Best
Understanding EU Decision-Making
Edward Best European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) Maastricht The Netherlands
ISBN 978-92-9203-019-3 Catalogue number: QX-32-11-990-EN-C DOI: 10.2845/15661 e-ISBN 978-92-9203-029-2 Catalogue number: QX-32-11-990-EN-N DOI: 10.2845/9935 # European Institute of Public Administration 2016 Illustration 6.2 (Chapter 6) is published with kind permission of # SATRA Technology Centre, 2015. Permission to use and reproduce photos or other elements on which the European Union does not hold copyright must be sought directly from the copyright holder(s).
ISBN 978-3-319-22373-5 ISBN 978-3-319-22374-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-22374-2
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2015960190 Published by Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland 2016 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without prior written permission of EIPA. For translation or reproduction rights please contact: European Institute of Public Administration, O.L. Vrouweplein, P.O. Box 1229, 6201 BE Maastricht, the Netherlands. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface and Acknowledgements
Europeans are affected on a daily basis by decisions which are taken by their local authorities, by their national governments, and at the level of the European Union (EU). Yet if you ask people across Europe how they think decisions are taken at that level, and even more so if you ask why they should be taken at that level, you will receive a wide variety of answers, in terms of both objective knowledge and value judgements. It is sometimes hard even to believe that people are talking about the same thing. Indeed, discussion of the merits of the EU can bring to mind an old joke in which one person asks another person what the best way is to get to a particular place and is told: ‘well, I certainly wouldn’t start from here.’ Yet the fact is that we are where we are, like it or not, and having a common understanding of where we actually are, and how we got there, is an essential starting point for thinking collectively about how to move forward
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