Council of the European Union

"This book is authoritative and comprehensive. It is also rich in detail. It is essential reading for courses and research on EU decision making and on the institutions of the EU" Journal of Legislative Studies

"This invaluable book enables us to penetrate the workings of what for the public at large is a fairly mysterious European institution" Agence Europe, European Library


Individual chapters cover:
Foreword by Javier Solana
1. What is the Council?
2. Where it meets and what it speaks
3. The ground rules
4. The General Affairs Council
5. The Economic and Financial Affairs Council
6. The Justice and Home Affairs Council
7. The Agriculture and Fisheries Council
8. "Variable geometry" in the Council
9. The European Council
10. Intergovernmental conferences
11. The Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper)
12. Other Council preparatory bodies
13. The national negotiator in Council preparatory bodies
14. The formal framework - voting and decision-making
15. Negotiations, coalitions and the resolution of inter-state conflicts
16. Negotiating a package deal - the example of Agenda 2000
17. The coordination of European policy by member states
18. The presidency
19. The general secretariat of the Council
20. Transparency in the Council
21. The Council and the challenge of enlargement
22. The Council in perspective
Appendices
Bibliography
Index


The editors: Martin Westlake is director of consultative work at the European Economic and Social Committee. David Galloway is the director of the private office of the deputy secretary-general of the Council of the European Union.

• ISBN: 0-9551144-6-2
• Publisher: John Harper / Eurocomment Distribution
• Author: Martin Westlake and David Galloway
• Language: English
• Type: Paperback

Price: 35.00 €

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