POLI 360 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Voting In The Council Of The European Union, George Tsebelis, Median Voter Theorem
16 Mar 2015
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Tsebelis and garrett focus on the effects of the eu"s changing treaty base on the relations among its three supranational institutions: the commission, the ecj, and the european. They conceive these institutions in terms of the role they perform in the three core functions of the modern state: the legislative, executive and judicial branches. The council and the parliament are predominantly legislative institutions. Council support is necessary for the passage of all eu legislation (by qmv) The parliament makes decision at the end of all procedures (by absolute majority) Both the legislator drafting the bills and the bureaucracy charged with implementing it. Central contention: the balance of power between those 4 institutions has changed considerably since the rome treaty. History of european integration: 3 epochs: the luxembourg compromise period. Gridlock in the council; ineffective collective institution: the sea ratification period. The council became more effective in legislation, at the cost of national sovereignty: the maastricht treaty period.
