The time-dependent effect of conflict in the council on delays in the transposition of EU directives

European Union Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-62

  Zhelyazkova, Asya ^a   Torenvlied, René ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conflict; The Commission; The Council; Transposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749083976     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116508099760     Document Type: Article

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