This new edition sets out an account of EU law that includes not only that law's established
features, but captures its development in recent years and the challenges facing the …

The Institutions of the European Union is the key text for anyone wishing to understand the
functions, powers, and composition of the EU's institutions. Written and edited by a team of …

Ideology is widely seen as a powerful explanatory force of behaviour in collective decision-
making. Yet, research on the Council of the European Union, the chief legislative body in the …

Voting and coalitions in the Council of Ministers in the enlarged European Union are
analysed for the period during which the EU had 25 Member States, based on Council's roll …

ABSTRACT Negotiations in the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers are highly
secretive, so outsiders have limited knowledge of the factors that determine bargaining …

This article explores voting patterns in the Council of the European Union between May
2004 and the end of December 2006, studying the full set of voting records for this institution …

What impact has the 2004 enlargement had on legislative decision making in the European
Union (EU)? This study answers this question by examining the controversies raised by a …

The Council of the European Union (EU) is a crucial actor in EU legislative decision-making.
However, how it reaches decisions is subject to considerable debate. Constructivists argue …

This article examines different strategies of national governmental parties to influence
'their'Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), posing the following questions: Do …

This paper analyzes how the apparently merely technical introduction of reversed qualified
majority voting for the excessive deficit procedure included in the Six Pack and the Fiscal …