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The European Council and The Council of the European Union: Shapers of a European Confederation

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The European Council and the Council of the European Union play key roles in the European Union. The European Council is largely concerned with system-steering, while the Council of the EU undertakes sectoral policymaking. What is common to these roles is the balancing act carried out by both institutions. Both have to mediate the centripetal dynamics of integration, termed cooperative confederalism here, and the centrifugal dynamics which are found in the strongly entrenched territorial nature of power, centered on the member states. Using new institutionalist analysis, the article illuminates different facets of the two institutions1 functioning in mediating the two dynamics. Copyright , Oxford University Press.

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  • Simon J. Bulmer, 0. "The European Council and The Council of the European Union: Shapers of a European Confederation," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, CSF Associates Inc., vol. 26(4), pages 17-42.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:publus:v:26:y::i:4:p:17-42
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    1. Christopher J. Bickerton & Dermot Hodson & Uwe Puetter, 2015. "The New Intergovernmentalism: European Integration in the Post-Maastricht Era," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 53(4), pages 703-722, July.
    2. Marcello Carammia & Sebastiaan Princen & Arco Timmermans, 2016. "From Summitry to EU Government: An Agenda Formation Perspective on the European Council," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(4), pages 809-825, July.

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