The Deadlock that never Happened: the Impact of Enlargement on the Common Foreign and Security Policy Council Working Groups

Ana E. Juncos and Karolina Pomorska
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Karolina Pomorska: Loughborough University

European Political Economy Review, 2007, vol. 6, issue March, 4-30

Abstract: Contrary to some previous assumptions, the enlargement did not halt the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) decision-making process in a substantial way. Rather it changed the dynamics within the working environment, preserving the importance of consensus-building practices in the Council working groups. The aim of this article is twofold. First, it tracks the changes that the recent enlargement caused in the working practices of the Council working groups. It also attempts to assess the adaptation processes of the new member states to the work in the Council working groups and pinpoint the main challenges that their administrative systems were faced with.

Keywords: Council working groups; CFSP; enlargement; committee governance; informal rules; socialisation; adaptation; code of conduct (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F50 F53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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