Over-efficiency in German EU Policy Coordination

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ID6263041
AutoresTimm Beichelt (0000-0001-5981-4912, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen16
Número4
Páginas421-433
Fecha de publicación2007-12-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGerman Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09644000701652441
OpenAlexW2069664654
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas3

The article refers to the controversial debate on the efficiency of German EU policy coordination. On the basis of a five-month participant observation in the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the hypothesis of the over-efficiency of EU coordination is developed. Over-efficiency is characterised by a functionally organised but purely technocratic preparation of EU policy without the participation of the general public, political parties, and national parliament. By having considerably increased the efficiency of EU policy coordination in recent years, German policy makers have therefore potentially undermined the acceptance of European integration as a whole

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