Technical or political? The working groups of the EU Council of Ministers

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 609-623

  Fouilleux, Eves ^a   De Maillard, Jacques ^a   Smith, Andy ^a  

^a Sciences Po   (France)

Author keywords

Commission; COREPER; Council of Ministers; European Parliament; Politicization; Working groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944450631     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760500160102     Document Type: Article

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