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The ‘new’ EU governance: ‘new’ intergovernmentalism versus ‘new’ supranationalism plus ‘new’ parliamentarism

Authors: Vivien A. Schmidt;

The ‘new’ EU governance: ‘new’ intergovernmentalism versus ‘new’ supranationalism plus ‘new’ parliamentarism

Abstract

Which EU actors are the main drivers of European integration? How do they pursue such integration? EU scholars are divided on the answers. The ‘new’ intergovernmentalists focus on political leaders’ deliberations in the Council. The ‘new’ supranationalists concentrate on technical actors’ policy design and enforcement in the Commission and other EU bodies. Both disagree with one another, as well as ignore ‘new parliamentarists’ concerned with the European Parliament. This paper argues that only by considering the actions and interactions of all three main actors together can we fully understand the ‘new’ EU governance and its problems. It also suggests that there is one major flaw in all such approaches: the central focus on EU governance ignores its effects on the national level, and the resulting problems for member-states’ democracies. The paper therefore adds a discussion of the impact of EU integration on national democracy, and ends with recommendations for EU governance that take these problems into account, focused on reinforcing EU-level capacity for policy coordination along with greater national-level decentralization. Quels acteurs sont les moteurs de l’intégration européenne? Comment poursuivent leur objectif ? Les spécialistes de l’Union européenne (UE) sont divisés sur les réponses à apporter à ces questions. Les ‘nouveaux’ intergouvernementalistes se focalisent sur les délibérations entre dirigeants politiques au sein du Conseil. Les ‘nouveaux’ supranationalistes se concentrent sur les politiques mises en œuvre par les acteurs techniques au sein de la Commission européenne et d’autres organes de l’UE. Les premiers et les seconds s’opposent donc, et ignorent les ‘nouveaux’ parlementaristes qui s’intéressent au rôle du Parlement européen. Ce papier montre qu’on ne peut comprendre la nouvelle gouvernance économique européenne qu’en considérant les interactions entre ces trois catégories d’acteurs. Il pointe également une faiblesse majeure de toutes ces approches: en se focalisant sur la gouvernance européenne, elles ignorent ses effets sur le niveau national et les problèmes affectant les démocraties des Etats-membres de l’Union. Ce papier offre dès lors une discussion de l’impact de l’intégration européenne sur les démocraties nationales et termine par des recommandations qui proposent de renforcer les capacités de coordination au niveau européen tout en permettant davantage de décentralisation au niveau national.

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This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.
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influence
This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
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