Council of the European Union

This article introduces the European Union Policy - Making (EUPOL) dataset. The dataset contains the complete records of the European …

Research on the intra-institutional consequences of differences in the EU’s interinstitutional rule configurations is rare. This study …

This study presents reliable cross-sectoral data on the relative involvement of working parties, senior committees and ministers in …

Many legislative decisions of the Council of the European Union are de facto made in preparatory bodies by national officials and …

Fuzzy set techniques, both as a methodological and theoretical tool, can engage in a fruitful liaison with constructivist research. …

Committees of national officials play a major role in the decision-making of the European Union’s main legislative body, the …

More and more legislative decisions are reached in early stages of the co‐decision procedure through informal negotiations among …

Little systematic empirical research exists about legislative decision-making in the Council of the European Union. This study …