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

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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

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In our @wepsocial.bsky.social piece ‘The EU core executive’ we define #EUCO as a presidential actor in EU politics. This is argument is linked to the new intergovernmentalism. On this read @dermothodson.bsky.social and me @jcms-eu.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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

In our new piece ‘The EU core executive and the Green Deal’ @wepsocial.bsky.social we link changes to the Commission presidency under @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to bold EU cross-sectoral policy responses and proximity to #EUCO
@husseinkassim.bsky.social @janpollex.bsky.social

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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.

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.

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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

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.

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Here is what we find ⬇️

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....

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.

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...

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.

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/...

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

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.

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