Power ranking of the members of the Agricultural Committee of the European Parliament

Imre Fertő, László Kóczy (), Kovács Attila () and Balázs Sziklai
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Kovács Attila: Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Budapest, HungaryBudapest, Hungary

No 2114, CERS-IE WORKING PAPERS from Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies

Abstract: We aim to identify the most influential members of the Agricultural Committee of the European Parliament (COMAGRI). Unlike previous studies that were based on case studies or interviews with stakeholders, we analyse the voting power of MEPs using a spatial Banzhaf power index. We identify critical members: members whose votes are necessary to form winning coalitions. We found that rapporteurs, EP group coordinators and MEPs from countries with high relative Committee representations, such as Ireland, Poland or Romania are powerful actors. Italy emerges as the most influential member state, while France seems surprisingly weak.

Keywords: European Parliament; Common Agricultural Policy; voting games; Banzhaf index; voting game over a convex geometry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D71 D72 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2021-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-cdm, nep-gth and nep-pol
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