The Government and Politics of the European Union

Nugent, Neill

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-27605-9

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“…In addition, the status of Europe as a cultural unit and a system of values remains problematic. There is a sharp contrast between Europe's strengthening institutional structures and more intensive processes of governance (at least as far as the EU is concerned) on the one hand, and the relative weakness and uncertainty of the values that underpin it on the other (Moravcsik 1998;Nugent 2003;Rosamond 2000). In Les Chances de L'E´urope (1962), Denis de Rougemont refers to Europe as having 'made the world'.…”

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The birth of a united Europe: on why the EU has generated a ‘non‐emotional’ identity

Guibernau

2011

Nations and Nationalism

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In several respects, the European Union (EU) represents both a novel system of quasi-supranational governance and a novel form of political community or polity. But it is also a relatively fragile construction: it remains a community still in the making with an incipient sense of identity, within which powerful forces are at work. This article has three main aims. Firstly, to analyse the reasons and key ideas that prompted a selected elite to construct a set of institutions and treaties destined to unite European nations in such a way that the mere idea of a 'civil war' among them would become impossible. Secondly, to examine the specific top-down processes that led to the emergence of a united Europe and the subsequent emergence of the EU, thus emphasising the constant distance between the elites and the masses in the development of the European project. Finally, to explain why the EU has generated what I call a 'non-emotional' identity, radically different from the emotionally charged and still prevailing national identities present in its member states.

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The birth of a united Europe: on why the EU has generated a ‘non‐emotional’ identity

Guibernau

2011

Nations and Nationalism

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“…In fact, in 2018 it was nearly on par in decision-making powers with the two other European institutions, the Commission and the Council of the EU. Among others, together with the Council of the EU, it is the prerogative of the EP to pass laws, to ratify international agreements and EU enlargements and to review and supervise the Commission (Nugent, 2017). 3 As such, they have relatively little media exposure.…”

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Women's Representation across Different Generations: A Longitudinal Analysis of the European Parliament

Stockemer

Sundström

2019

J of Common Market Studies

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In this article, we focus on generational differences in women's representation and hypothesize that younger generations of women should be more highly represented than older generations, both in general and within the same parliament. We tested this hypothesis with data on all members who have ever served in the European Parliament since 1979. Of the four generations who have ever served in Brussels and Strasbourg – the World War II generation, the 1968 generation, the post‐1968 generation and the post‐materialist generation – we found both that women's representation increased with every generation and that their representation differs between generations within the same parliament. Finally, our results indicate that while these processes occurred roughly one generation later in eastern and southern Europe, yet, they happened faster in these parts of the European Union.

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“…Most textbooks on European integration offer a short account of the formal procedures of the Council and explain how heavily it relies on preparations among diplomats and expert civil servants in the Committee of the Permanent Representatives (Coreper) as well as on a range of specific working groups below Coreper level (Wessels, 1991;Nugent, 1994;Wallace and Wallace, 1996). But perhaps due to the confidentiality that surrounds the work of the Council, there is limited empirical evidence on the actual proceedings of what is beyond doubt the European Union's most powerful decision-making body.…”

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confidence: 99%