The power of the presidency in EU council decision-making

European Union Politics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-250

  Schalk, Jelmer ^a   Torenvlied, René ^a   Weesie, Jeroen ^a   Stokman, Frans ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EU decision making; EU presidenc; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248650731     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116507076431     Document Type: Article

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