POL S370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Budget Of The European Union, Work Programme, Status Quo
28 Sep 2017
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Role and responsibilities: promotes general interest of the union, proposing legislation (art 155 tec, setting the agenda as an initiator, formulating recommendations and delivering opinions, treaties sends out policy goals/objectives. Implementing community policy: keeps an eye on the member states while they implement it, managing the community budget. Implications: portfolio mismatch means lack of direct ministerial control, strain on coherence across dgs, see http://ec. europa. eu/dgs_en. htm. Commission self-restraint: only proposing legislation when they are confident that they"ll receive support, based on rational participation of member states interest which makes member states more powerful because it lets them guide the actions of the. Influence of the president: amplifies agenda-setting powers, due to their elevated platform to decide future directions. Constraints on commission power: management deficit, reliance on member states, bounded by treaties, ecj. Status quo: ep has the power to confirm president and college of commissioners; selects commissioner candidate, ep approves budget and work programme.
