The Institutional Shaping of EU–Society Relations: A Contribution to Democracy via Participation?

Kohler‐Koch, Beate; Finke, Barbara

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“…It has been argued that the publication of the White Paper on European Governance was an important component of the new EU consultation policy which had evolved throughout the 1990s: Facing an increasingly critical debate on the EU's democratic legitimacy after the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, the European Commission started to intensify and extend existing contacts with societal groups. It changed its policy from including interests directly affected by common market policies towards also attracting societal groups in fields such as social policy or migration (Kohler-Koch and Finke 2007;Smismans 2003).…”

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“…15 The terminology employed by the Commission accordingly shifted from "special interests" towards "voluntary organisations" and "NGOs" throughout the 1990s (EC 1992(EC , 1997(EC , 2000; see also Kohler-Koch and Finke 2007).…”

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“…This culminated in the 2001 White Paper on European Governance which by then was the most comprehensive reaction to the perceived legitimacy crisis. The White Paper proposed 'openness' and 'participation' through the involvement of a European 'civil society' to enhance both input legitimacy and effective political problem-solving (see Kohler-Koch and Finke 2007;Kohler-Koch 2001).…”

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“…Facing an increasingly critical debate on the EU's democratic legitimacy after the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, the European Commission started to intensify and extend existing contacts with societal groups. It changed its policy from including interests directly affected by common market policies towards also attracting societal groups in fields such as social policy or migration (Kohler-Koch and Finke 2007;Smismans 2003). Smismans highlights the leading role of the Commission Directorate General responsible for social policy (then DG V) in this process.…”

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“…In terms of policy output, the White Paper was an important component of the new EU consultation policy which had evolved throughout the 1990s (Kohler-Koch and Finke 2007;Smismans 2003). Facing an increasingly critical debate on the EU's democratic legitimacy after the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, the European Commission started to intensify and extend existing contacts with societal groups.…”

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Civil society participation in EU governance

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2012

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For the longest time, the participation of civil society has not been an area of interest for neither EU researchers nor political decision-makers. This changed with a rising interest in the democratic credentials of the European Union. With the end of the initial permissive consensus on EU integration, civil society emerged as a possible remedy to bridge the gap between supranational governance and citizens. This Living Review presents the two dominant analytical perspectives on civil society participation: the notion of civil society as organized actors that contribute actively to multilevel governance, and civil society as the mold for an emerging European public sphere. Both these conceptual views are reflected in hands-on initiatives on the EU level. On the one hand, the European Commission in particular promotes the inclusion of organized societal interests in the informal decision-making procedures. On the other hand, various forms of deliberative practices have been introduced that build on the encompassing notion of constituting a trans-European public sphere. The review offers a comprehensive overview on the multiple definitions of civil society and the distinct role attributions these coexisting conceptions imply. The contribution draws a number of critical conclusions on the actual outcomes that the active promotion of civil society participation has thus achieved, and questions whether civil society participation has indeed led to a more grounded legitimacy of EU decisions or a more settled European public sphere.

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The Institutional Shaping of EU–Society Relations: A Contribution to Democracy via Participation?

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