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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 29d

Read about the intricate politics of moving decisions on EU climate policy between the European Council and the Council depending on political circumstances in our @wepsocial.bsky.social piece on the EU core executive and the Green Deal
@cterranova.bsky.social

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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 29d

In Germany the environment minister Schneider this week spoke out against moving the decision about the EU’s 2040 climate targets to the European Council. Instead he wants to keep the decision with ministers in the Environmental Council.
#EUCO #ENVI @consilium.europa.eu

www.zeit.de/politik/2025...

Carsten Schneider: Umweltminister warnt Union vor Blockade eines neuen EU-Klimaziels

Auf EU-Ebene soll über ein neues Klimaziel abgestimmt werden, doch CDU und CSU wollen das verschieben. Der Bundesumweltminister kritisiert seine Koalitionspartner.

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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · Feb 16

With Macron calling an intergovernmental summit in Paris tomorrow, many wonder what is best institutional venue to discuss Europe's response to biggest security crisis since 1945. Here are 8 reasons why intergovernmental route is crucial now instead of relying on 🇪🇺 & Brussels institutions. 🧵👇 1/10

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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · Jul 2

We adapt @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social and Rhodes seminal definition of the core executive to the EU context and take inspiration from integration theory and studies of EU institutional politics to define relations of key actors with intergovernmental and supranational allegiances.

WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · Jul 2

Online first: "The EU core executive and the Green Deal" by @uwepuetter.bsky.social & @cterranova.bsky.social

This article introduces the concept of the EU core executive, as
an ensemble of select actors, centrally steering Green Deal decision making.

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Abstract of the article "The EU core executive and the Green Deal". Published online first in West European Politics. Authors: Uwe Puetter and Chiara Terranova.

Abstract reads:
The Green Deal has been one of the European Union’s (EU) boldest, cross-sectoral policy responses. Public administration scholarship suggests that such endeavours rely on coercion by pivotal executive actors. EU studies, instead, hold that executive leadership roles in the EU are dispersed between supranational and intergovernmental institutions. While the Commission shows resemblance to specialised executives which also have horizontal leadership, the Council is void of a model of cabinet government, which could commit sectoral interests. The European Council possesses overall political authority, yet it operates at some remove from policy expertise. In order to gain access to this puzzle this article introduces the concept of the EU core executive, as an ensemble of select actors, centrally steering Green Deal decision making. The research reveals the proximity of the European Council and the Commission presidency, illustrates the centrality of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) as a bridge actor, and provides further explanation for the growing centralisation of the Commission under Ursula von der Leyen.

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WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · Jul 2

Online first: "The EU core executive and the Green Deal" by @uwepuetter.bsky.social & @cterranova.bsky.social

This article introduces the concept of the EU core executive, as
an ensemble of select actors, centrally steering Green Deal decision making.

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · Jul 2

We are grateful to colleagues from the Tuesday seminar @unioslo-arena.bsky.social and the European governance seminar @unileiden.bsky.social for feedback on earlier versions of the text. @karolinapomorska.bsky.social @adinaakbik.bsky.social @dnaurin.bsky.social

Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · Jul 2

Read our new piece ‘The EU core executive and the Green Deal’ in @wepsocial.bsky.social . @cterranova.bsky.social and I look at how EUCO, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @press.consilium.europa.eu steered one of the EU’s boldest, cross-sectoral policy responses. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The EU core executive and the Green Deal

The Green Deal has been one of the European Union’s (EU) boldest, cross-sectoral policy responses. Public administration scholarship suggests that such endeavours rely on coercion by pivotal execut...

www.tandfonline.com

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Chiara Terranova @cterranova.bsky.social · Jul 2

We test our framework on the European Green Deal, but we expect it can apply to other cross-sectoral policy challenges as well!

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Chiara Terranova @cterranova.bsky.social · Jul 2

Very happy to see our work published on @wepsocial.bsky.social! Together with @uwepuetter.bsky.social, we propose the concept of the EU core executive to explain how the Union responds to major cross-sectoral policy challenges like the Green Deal.

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Here is what we find ⬇️

The EU core executive and the Green Deal

The Green Deal has been one of the European Union’s (EU) boldest, cross-sectoral policy responses. Public administration scholarship suggests that such endeavours rely on coercion by pivotal execut...

doi.org

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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · Jul 2

Read our new piece ‘The EU core executive and the Green Deal’ in @wepsocial.bsky.social . @cterranova.bsky.social and I look at how EUCO, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @press.consilium.europa.eu steered one of the EU’s boldest, cross-sectoral policy responses. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The EU core executive and the Green Deal

The Green Deal has been one of the European Union’s (EU) boldest, cross-sectoral policy responses. Public administration scholarship suggests that such endeavours rely on coercion by pivotal execut...

www.tandfonline.com

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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks to our colleague @michellewiten.bsky.social, Director of our EUF Centre for Irish Studies, for being our host tonight. Thanks to our students and audience for interesting questions and comments.

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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · Jun 19

Maeve Collins, Ireland’s current ambassador to Berlin and former Coreper I representative to the EU gives this year’s Midsummer Lecture to mark the end of term for our European studies students at EUF Flensburg.

www.uni-flensburg.de/europeanstud...

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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · Jun 18

Now all contributions to this year‘s @jcms-eu.bsky.social AR stocktaking on 10 years of new intergovernmentalism are available on ‘early view’. Also read pieces by Sergio Fabbrini and Genschel & Jachtenfuchs. We debate the commonalities and nuances in our accounts.

Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · May 15

Our new @jcms-eu.bsky.social piece ‘The new intergovernmentalism 10 years on’ is out. @dermothodson.bsky.social and I review the lastest developments in EU politics in light of the core messages of the original theory and flag its relevance. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The New Intergovernmentalism 10 Years On

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · May 15

Our new @jcms-eu.bsky.social piece ‘The new intergovernmentalism 10 years on’ is out. @dermothodson.bsky.social and I review the lastest developments in EU politics in light of the core messages of the original theory and flag its relevance. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The New Intergovernmentalism 10 Years On

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · Dec 20

People seemed thrilled yesterday that the new chair of the European Council, Antonio Costa, had insisted that Council conclusions be fully adopted by civil servants before the #EUCO summit even began.

But it meant that other than Zelenskyy's visit, there was nothing new to cover on the day.

If European leaders gather for a summit and nobody covers it, did it make a sound?

The Brussels bubble is elated that 'No-Drama Costa' is streamlining Council summits and adopting conclusions beforehand. But be careful what you wish for - before long they could be missing Michel.

davekeating.substack.com

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António Costa @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu · Dec 4

Today, I met with the 27 EU ambassadors. I shared ideas about the preparation of European Council meetings and political priorities for the months ahead.

Coreper is the engine room of the EU.

Collaboration and vision remain key to shaping 🇪🇺 EU’s future.
#EUCO #COREPER

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