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Negotiating Transparency: The Role of Institutions

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  • Bo Bjurulf
  • Ole Elgström

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On 30 May 2001, a new regulation on public access to EU documents was presented and was heralded in the European press as a breakthrough for transparency. We argue that a focus on institutions can cast light on the negotiation processes that led to this decision, and explain the final–for realist negotiation theory puzzling–outcome. We demonstrate the importance of institutions in EU negotiations by detailing actor interests and strategies in the transparency case, and by tracing and analysing the negotiation process that resulted in the regulation. The institutions that receive particular attention are: agenda‐shaping rules, decision‐making procedures and voting rules, informal norms, time tables and deadlines, and intervention by institutional actors.

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  • Bo Bjurulf & Ole Elgström, 2004. "Negotiating Transparency: The Role of Institutions," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(2), pages 249-269, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:42:y:2004:i:2:p:249-269
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2004.00487.x
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    1. Stéphanie Novak, 2013. "The Silence of Ministers: Consensus and Blame Avoidance in the Council of the European Union," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(6), pages 1091-1107, November.
    2. Maarten Hillebrandt, 2017. "Transparency as a Platform for Institutional Politics: The Case of the Council of the European Union," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(3), pages 62-74.
    3. Maarten Hillebrandt, 2021. "Access to Environmental Information in the EU: A Great Policy No‐One Needs?," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(5), pages 1051-1068, September.
    4. Guri Rosén & Anne Elizabeth Stie, 2017. "Not Worth the Net Worth? The Democratic Dilemmas of Privileged Access to Information," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(3), pages 51-61.
    5. Vandecasteele, Bruno, Bossuyt, Fabienne and Jan Orbie, 2013. "Unpacking the influence of the Council Presidency on European Union external policies: The Polish Council Presidency and the Eastern Partnership," European Integration online Papers (EIoP), European Community Studies Association Austria (ECSA-A), vol. 17, July.

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