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Coreper Revisited

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This article builds on earlier accounts of the work of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) in two ways. First, it examines the role played by members of the committee under legislative co‐decision. Members of Coreper (especially Coreper I) represent the Council in conciliation with the European Parliament and are increasingly involved in negotiations between Council and Parliament at earlier stages in the co‐decision procedure. Second, the article considers in what circumstances Coreper can make a significant contribution to decision‐taking within the Council. It suggests that this is most likely to occur in negotiation on issues which are both politically sensitive and technically complex; but that Coreper has no monopoly on such negotiations. Coreper should be thought of partly as a co‐ordinator of Council business, partly as a fixer and trouble‐shooter.

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  • David Bostock, 2002. "Coreper Revisited," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(2), pages 215-234, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:40:y:2002:i:2:p:215-234
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-5965.00352
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    1. Frank M. Häge, 2007. "Committee Decision-making in the Council of the European Union," European Union Politics, , vol. 8(3), pages 299-328, September.
    2. Jakob Lempp, 2007. "ÒCoreper EnlargedÓ: how Enlargement Affected the Functioning of the Committee of Permanent Representatives," European Political Economy Review, European Political Economy Infrastructure Consortium, vol. 6(March), pages 31-52.
    3. Sandrino Smeets & Alenka Jaschke & Derek Beach, 2019. "The Role of the EU Institutions in Establishing the European Stability Mechanism: Institutional Leadership under a Veil of Intergovernmentalism," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 57(4), pages 675-691, July.
    4. Smeets, Sandrino, 2013. "How issues move or get stuck: Or how to be effective in the EU Council of Ministers," European Integration online Papers (EIoP), European Community Studies Association Austria (ECSA-A), vol. 17, July.

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