Informal Governance in the European Union by Mareike Kleine

Author:Mareike Kleine [Kleine, Mareike]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: International Relations, Europe, Social Science, Political Science, History, Sociology, General
ISBN: 9780801452116
Google: Cf7PAQAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 17890576
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2013-09-05T00:00:00+00:00

The European Parliament’s practices of informal governance are more difficult to interpret. Given that its empowerment does not necessarily constitute a commitment to economic integration, its exclusion from decision making in the early years and on agricultural matters neither confirms nor disconfirms any theory. The fact that it used its opportunity to publicly contest the Council in the early 1990s even contradicts Liberal Regime Theory, since this contestation can potentially thwart the accommodation of a government under pressure.

As soon as the Parliament gained in power, the member states adopted a number of practices that limited its opportunity to contest Council decisions in public. The trilogue system, in particular, implicates the European Parliament in the informal norms and practices that apply in the Council and its substructure. To some extent, this development seems to be due to the need to increase the efficiency of decision making. Yet its informal character also provides for more flexibility and limits publicity about decision making. Accordingly, and in line with Liberal Regime Theory, the development and use of the system generates more conflict within the European Parliament and between Parliament and the Council than among the member states.

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