Council and Commission

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Council and Commission

• Council

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Council

• Art.3TEU single institutional framework
• composition
• different Councils
• Functions
• coordination
• power to take decisions
• promote national interests intergovernmental
• promote EC/EU interests
• negotiation leading to decisions secrecy

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Decision-Making

• Unanimity vs. QMV
• VOTING
• 62
• Nice 45 debated out of 7615
• 38
• small protected
• veto crisis 1965-1966
• de jure cf. de facto
• decision are binding

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Institutional Developments

• European Council
• COREPER I II
• PRESIDENCY
• SECRETARIAT

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REFORMS?

• 1999 TRUMP/PIRIS
• HELSINKI
• SEVILLE
• EUROPEAN COUNCIL
• 4 TIMES
• PREPARATION
• DRAFT AGENDA
• CONDUCT

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• COUNCIL
• BY 31.7.2002
• NEW GENERAL AFFAIRS AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS
  COUNCIL
• 9
• PROGRAMMING MULTIANNUAL

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PRESIDENCY

• COOPERATION
• CHAIRING
• CONDUCTING MEETINGS