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European Integration Since the 1990s: Member States and the European Commission

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  • Hussein Kassim
  • Anand Menon

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The relationship between the member states and the Commission is at the heart of the EU's institutional structure and at the centre of debates about the European Union. In the 1990s, the new institutionalism and the multi-level governance approach emphasised the limitations of state power in EU decision making and stressed the ability of the supranational institutions, particularly the European Commission, to shape European integration. Contrary to their expectations that power would continue to shift from national government to the supranational bodies of the EU, integration since the 1990s has been marked instead by a strengthening of member state control and a decline in the status of the Commission. This paper charts these developments. It explains how the member states were able to reassert their authority, considers the fate of the Commission, and offers a critical examination of the weaknesses of the two theories. It also considers the significance of the Commission's decline for the future of the Union.

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  • Hussein Kassim & Anand Menon, 2004. "European Integration Since the 1990s: Member States and the European Commission," ARENA Working Papers 6, ARENA.
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    1. Peter Viggo Jakobsen, 2009. "Small States, Big Influence: The Overlooked Nordic Influence on the Civilian ESDP," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(1), pages 81-102, January.
    2. Peter Viggo Jakobsen, 2009. "Small States, Big Influence: The Overlooked Nordic Influence on the Civilian ESDP," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47, pages 81-102, January.
    3. Jarle Trondal, 2007. "Is the European Commission a 'Hothouse' for Supranationalism? Exploring Actor-Level Supranationalism," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45, pages 1111-1133, December.
    4. Myrto Tsakatika, 2005. "Claims to Legitimacy: The European Commission between Continuity and Change," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(1), pages 193-220, March.

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