Why don't veto players use their power?

European Union Politics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-534

  König, Thomas ^a   Junge, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Council consensus; European Union; Legislative analysis; Logrolling

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450066932     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116509346780     Document Type: Article

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