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Evaluating Presidencies of the Council of the EU: Revisiting Nice

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  • ADRIAAN SCHOUT
  • SOPHIE VANHOONACKER

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Judging presidencies is easy, evaluating them is not. Evaluations are rare and often superficial. This article provides a theoretical framework for such evaluations. Using contingency theory, it develops hypotheses about the demand for, and supply of, presidency roles. It offers a structured analysis by linking behaviour to the specificities of the actual negotiations. The framework is then applied to the performance of the French presidency during the IGC in 2000. The analysis shows, that apart from the complaints relating to some embarrassing failures, not all the criticism levelled at the French was justified. Copyright 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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  • Adriaan Schout & Sophie Vanhoonacker, 2006. "Evaluating Presidencies of the Council of the EU: Revisiting Nice," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44, pages 1051-1077, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:44:y:2006:i::p:1051-1077
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    1. Eisele, Olga & Heidenreich, Tobias & Kriegler, Nina & Syed Ali, Pamina & Boomgaarden, Hajo G., 2022. "A window of opportunity? The relevance of the rotating European Union presidency in the public eye," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, issue OnlineFir, pages 1-21.
    2. Vít Beneš & Jan Karlas, 2010. "The Czech Presidency," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48(s1), pages 69-80, September.
    3. Madeleine O. Hosli & M. C. J. Uriot, 2011. "Dimensions of Political Contestation: Voting in the Council of the European Union before the 2004 Enlargement," Czech Economic Review, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies, vol. 5(3), pages 231-248, November.
    4. Olga Eisele & Tobias Heidenreich & Nina Kriegler & Pamina Syed Ali & Hajo G. Boomgaarden, 2023. "A window of opportunity? The relevance of the rotating European Union presidency in the public eye," European Union Politics, , vol. 24(2), pages 327-347, June.
    5. James P Cross & AustÄ— VaznonytÄ—, 2020. "Can we do what we say we will do? Issue salience, government effectiveness, and the legislative efficiency of Council Presidencies," European Union Politics, , vol. 21(4), pages 657-679, December.
    6. Austė Vaznonytė, 2020. "The rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU – Still an agenda-setter?," European Union Politics, , vol. 21(3), pages 497-518, September.
    7. Adriaan Schout, 2017. "The Dutch EU Presidency: The Continuing Relevance of the Rotating Presidency in a Political Union," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 55, pages 54-63, September.

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