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Cooperation and control in the European Union. The case of the EU as international environmental negotiator

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Delreux, Tom [UCL]

This article examines the internal decision-making process in the European Union when the EU participates in international environmental negotiations. More particularly, the practical functioning of the relation between the member states and the EU negotiator (i.e. the Commission, the Presidency or a lead country), representing the member states externally, is examined. Starting from principal—agent theory and based on empirical research on eight EU decision-making processes with regard to international environmental negotiations, the article argues, first, that control by the member states on the EU negotiator takes place most manifestly during the course of the international negotiations, and, second, that these ad locum control mechanisms perform not only a control function, but also a cooperation function.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2009
Language Anglais
Journal information "Cooperation and Conflict" - Vol. 44, no. 2, p. 189- 208. (2009)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd. ((United Kingdom) London)
issn 0010-8367
e-issn 1460-3691
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/SPLE - Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe
Keywords Control ; Cooperation ; European Union ; International environmental negotiations ; Multilateral environmental agreements ; Principal–agent ; Representation
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Bibliographic reference Delreux, Tom. Cooperation and control in the European Union. The case of the EU as international environmental negotiator. In: Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 44, no. 2, p. 189- 208. (2009)
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