Small States and EU Governance
ISBN:
978-3-319-86133-3
Auflage:
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Verlag:
Springer International Publishing
Land des Verlags:
Schweiz
Erscheinungsdatum:
10.08.2018
Reihe:
Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
Format:
Softcover
Seitenanzahl:
287
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This book examines a crucial question about small states and their governments’ influence in the European Union (EU) decision-making processes. - Are EU small member state governments influential in EU decision-making processes? In other words, do they exercise influence in these processes? And if so, how and at which stage do they do this? This book seeks to answer the above questions by focusing on Malta - the smallest state in the EU - and whether it exercises influence in ‘uploading’ its preferences in two distinct stages of EU legislative decision-making processes - decision-shaping (formation) and decision-taking (adoption). The cases selected and analyzed showcase the Maltese government’s behaviour in legislative negotiations in differing EU policy spheres that are extremely relevant to it. These are the adoption of EU directives on pyrotechnic articles (falling under the EU competition and consumer health and safety policy spheres) and on the extension ofEU long-term residence to beneficiaries of international protection (falling under EU immigration policy). As analyzed in the latter chapters of the book, Malta’s government has achieved varying degrees of success in its exercise of influence in these EU decision-making processes.
Schlagwörter
Malta's influence in the EU
small state influence in the EU
legislative politics in the EU
creating EU legislation
decision making in the Council of the EU
governmental power in the EU
governmental strategies in EU processes
decision making in the European Commission
decision making in the European Parliament
Maltese politics in the EU
power of small states in the EU
internal politics of the EU
Biografische Anmerkung
Jean Micallef Grimaud is currently working for Malta’s government at the Permanent Representation of Malta to the EU in Brussels as part of Malta’s Council of the EU Presidency team. There he heads the Education, Youth, Culture, and Sports unit and will chair the Council’s Education Committee during Malta’s Presidency from January to June 2017. Previously, Jean held positions at the Office of Malta’s Prime Minster and was a member of Malta’s Diplomatic Corps between 2001 and 2009. He served as a First Secretary at the Permanent Representation of Malta to the European Union in Brussels from 2004 until 2009 where he held various positions - as a First Secretary on the EU Structural Funds (2004-2006), a member of the Cabinet of the Permanent Representative (2006-2008), and finally MERTENS (2008-2009) which is a position held by high ranking diplomats. Jean was awarded his doctorate degree from the Manchester Metropolitan University. His research focused on small state influence in the shaping stages of EU decision-making.
