TY - JOUR
T1 - Who sets the agenda? The influence of the European Commission and the European Council in shaping the EU’s response to the European sovereign debt crisis
AU - Moloney, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The aim of this paper is to assess whether the European Commission or the European Council shaped the European Union’s response to the sovereign debt crisis through their respective agenda-setting powers. The paper uses process tracing complemented with interviews to demonstrate the influence of the European Commission and the European Council in this regard. Theoretically, the paper is anchored by a framework of agenda-setting dynamics which is used to assess the European Commission and European Council’s influence in reforming the European Union’s economic governance framework. A systematic analysis of the negotiations of these reforms between 2010 and 2013 indicate that the European Council wielded policy influence through its agenda-setting powers. Conversely, the European Commission exercised less influence in those negotiations, despite its position as the European Union’s de facto agenda-setter.
AB - The aim of this paper is to assess whether the European Commission or the European Council shaped the European Union’s response to the sovereign debt crisis through their respective agenda-setting powers. The paper uses process tracing complemented with interviews to demonstrate the influence of the European Commission and the European Council in this regard. Theoretically, the paper is anchored by a framework of agenda-setting dynamics which is used to assess the European Commission and European Council’s influence in reforming the European Union’s economic governance framework. A systematic analysis of the negotiations of these reforms between 2010 and 2013 indicate that the European Council wielded policy influence through its agenda-setting powers. Conversely, the European Commission exercised less influence in those negotiations, despite its position as the European Union’s de facto agenda-setter.
KW - European Commission
KW - European Council
KW - European sovereign debt crisis
KW - European Union economic governance reforms
KW - formal and informal agenda-setting
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091017340&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14782804.2020.1823342
DO - 10.1080/14782804.2020.1823342
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091017340
SN - 1478-2804
VL - 29
SP - 112
EP - 124
JO - Journal of Contemporary European Studies
JF - Journal of Contemporary European Studies
IS - 1
ER -