PHYSICS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: General Secretariat Of The Council Of The European Union, Donald Tusk, Common Foreign And Security Policy
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Janus-face/double-face: defends nat interests + think about long-term european goals. Outline: european council = composed of heads of government, council = composed of ministers (fa, transports, agriculture, council secretariat, rotating presidency. Council: day-to-day decision-making process, representative of nat interests, co-legislator (since maastricht, ep co-legislator, ministers accountable to national parliaments ep accountable to commission, bridging function: bridge between national capitals (ms) and brussels (eu level) Composition: 1 representative of each ms at ministerial level who may commit the ms, 1 council but currently 10 configurations (general affairs european affairs, coordination. Legislator (with ep: budgetary functions (with ep, coordination of economic and fiscal policies, develops the cfsp, conclusion of international agreements. Council working groups: national officials, diplomats we may work there. Ls l/le = language checks other job possibility. In practice: often no formal voting/raising of the hands. small countries: the presidents know the population of all ms. at a certain moment it will say they have a qmv for a position.
