The council presidency: Power broker or burden? An empirical analysis

European Union Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-338

  Warntjen, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Council of the European Union; Council presidency; EU legislation; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249134299     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116508093487     Document Type: Article

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