The Devil Is in the Process: An Analysis of the Impact of Negotiation Processes in Trilogues on Eu Legislation

Abstract

Chapter 9 Analysis 9.1 The legislative outcome 9.2 The interaction intensity 9.3 The negotiation venue 9.4 The negotiation mode 9.6 The impact of structural factors and the institutional framework on the negotiation process 9.6.1 Actors' Preferences 9.6.2 The Power Relationship | XI 9.6.3 File Salience 9.6.4 The Nature of the Issues 9.6.5 The Institutional Environment 9.7 Revisiting the hypotheses: How closely are the theoretical expectations related to the reality of trilogue negotiations? 9.7.1 Hypotheses 1-3: The Impact of the Interaction Intensity 9.7.2 Hypotheses 4-7: The Impact of the Negotiation Venue 9.7.3 Hypothesis 8-9: The Impact of the Negotiation Mode 9.8 Conclusion Chapter 10 Conclusion 10.1 The research question: How does the process of negotiations affect the outcome? 10.2 What do these findings tell us? 10.2.1 The Close Relation between Negotiation Venues and Negotiation Mode 10.2.2 The Informalization of Politics: Complexity and Venue Choices 10.2.3 Single actors' Power and Behaviour: Process matters 10.3 Normative and practical implications in light of democratic legitimacy 10.4 Where to go from here? The future of trilogue research References Nederlandse samenvatting CV XIV |

The effect of trilogues on the European Commission's success in legislative negotiations: A reappraisal

“…Trilogues have not only provided new opportunities to the actors involved in EU legislation, but have also elicited constraints, giving rise to studies of their effect on the balance of power between, and within, the co-legislators (Hoppe, 2020). 1 While increased clarity has been discerned over their effect on the EP and the Council, it is less clear how informal negotiations have affected the Commission (Kreppel, 2018).…”