INTBUS 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Eurogroup, Economic And Financial Affairs Council, European Commission
14 Oct 2020
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The government and politics of the european union 311-327 p. 311. There cannot be said to be a standard" or typical" eu policy-making or decision-making process. A multiplicity of actors interrelates with one another via a myriad of channels. There are three main sets of eu policy actors: those associated with the eu institutions: those with the governments of the member states, those with euro-level and: national-level non-institutional and non-governmental interests. Roles can differ considerably according to circumstances: an actor may be anxious to play an active role and may have the power legal and/or political to do so. It may not wish to be actively involved, perhaps because it has no interests at stake or because prominence may be politically damaging. p. 312. It may wish for a leading part but not be able to attain it because of a lack of appropriate power resources. European parliament: information receiving rights ecofin, national ministers of finance, decision making and amending.
