The Coalition and Europe
A Tale of Reckless Drivers, Steady Navigators and Imperfect Roadmaps
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7949989 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eunice Goes (0009-0002-1652-6413, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-63 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Parliamentary Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-2290 • E-ISSN: 1460-2482 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pa/gst021 |
| OpenAlex | W2115423869 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
This paper examines how the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats negotiated and agreed the Coalition's approach to the EU with a view to shed light on how each party exerted influence over this policy area. For that purpose the article analyses how the two parties of the Coalition negotiated the programme of government, agreed on the distribution of government portfolios and have handled three of most divisive European issues faced by the Coalition, namely the European Union Act 2011, the exercise of the veto at the December 2011 EU summit and the announcement of the referendum on EU membership. The article argues that the Conservatives are the drivers of the Coalition's approach to the EU however the Liberal Democrats have acted as navigators ensuring, most of the time, that the agreed roadmap is respected
Brexit · Coalition government · Distribution (mathematics · Economics · European union · Government (linguistics · Imperfect · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Referendum · Summit · Veto · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2016 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |