democratic legitimacy

The Lisbon Treaty’s change to Council voting rules will have important implications for the democratic legitimacy of the EU

Many of the decisions made in the Council of the European Union are based on qualified majority voting, in which EU legislation can be …

Frank M. Häge

The Lisbon Treaty’s change to Council voting rules will have important implications for the democratic legitimacy of the EU

The Efficiency of Legislative Decision-Making in the Council of the EU before and after Lisbon

One of the explicit goals of the Lisbon Treaty was to enhance the ‘efficiency and democratic legitimacy of the Union’. To increase the …

Frank M. Häge

The Efficiency of Legislative Decision-Making in the Council of the EU before and after Lisbon

Bureaucrats as Law-Makers: Committee Decision-Making in the EU Council of Ministers

The Council of Ministers is one of the most powerful institutions of the European Union (EU) and plays a major role in the European …

Frank M. Häge

Bureaucrats as Law-Makers: Committee Decision-Making in the EU Council of Ministers

Who Decides in the Council of the European Union?

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

Frank M. Häge

Who Decides in the Council of the European Union?

Decision-making in the Council of the European Union: The role of committees

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

Frank M. Häge

Decision-making in the Council of the European Union: The role of committees

Committee Decision-making in the Council of the European Union

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

Frank M. Häge

Committee Decision-making in the Council of the European Union