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Uwe Puetter

Bio: Uwe Puetter is an academic researcher from Central European University. The author has contributed to research in topics: European union & Intergovernmentalism. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 46 publications receiving 1522 citations. Previous affiliations of Uwe Puetter include University of Flensburg & Queen's University Belfast.

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TL;DR: The post-Maastricht period is marked by an integration paradox as discussed by the authors, where the basic constitutional features of the European Union have remained stable, EU activity has expanded to an unprecedented degree.
Abstract: The post-Maastricht period is marked by an integration paradox. While the basic constitutional features of the European Union have remained stable, EU activity has expanded to an unprecedented degree. This form of integration without supranationalism is no exception or temporary deviation from traditional forms of European integration. Rather, it is a distinct phase of European integration, what is called ‘the new intergovernmentalism’ in this article. This approach to post-Maastricht integration challenges theories that associate integration with transfers of competences from national capitals to supranational institutions and those that reduce integration to traditional socioeconomic or security-driven interests. This article explains the integration paradox in terms of transformations in Europe's political economy, changes in preference formation and the decline of the ‘permissive consensus’. It presents a set of six hypotheses that develop further the main claims of the new intergovernmentalism and that can be used as a basis for future research.

428 citations

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TL;DR: The European Council has emerged as the centre of political gravity in the field of economic governance as mentioned in this paper, and the Eurogroup fulfils a crucial role as forums for policy debate, which is the reflection of an integration paradox inherent to the post-Maastricht EU.
Abstract: The European Union's (EU's) responses to the economic and financial crisis provided a vigorous illustration for how the role of the Union's core intergovernmental bodies – the European Council and the Council – has evolved in recent years. The European Council has emerged as the centre of political gravity in the field of economic governance. The Council and the Eurogroup fulfil a crucial role as forums for policy debate. The emphasis on increased high-level intergovernmental policy co-ordination is the reflection of an integration paradox inherent to the post-Maastricht EU. While policy interdependencies have grown, member state governments have resisted the further transfer of formal competences to the EU level and did not follow the model of the Community method. Instead, they aim for greater policy coherence through intensified intergovernmental co-ordination. Given its consensus dependency, this co-ordination system can best be conceptualized as deliberative intergovernmentalism.

276 citations

Book
18 Sep 2014
TL;DR: The European Council: From law-making to policy coordination as mentioned in this paper The European Council is the new centre of political gravity in the European Union and the future of European integration is discussed in this paper.
Abstract: 1. The integration paradox and the rise of new intergovernmentalism 2. Deliberative intergovernmentalism and institutional change 3. The European Council: the new centre of political gravity 4. The Council: From law-making to policy coordination 5. New intergovernmentalism and the future of European integration

173 citations

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TL;DR: The European Union's core intergovernmental forums for policy coordination, the European Council, the Eurogroup and the Foreign Affairs Council, have been identified as central to EU decision-making.
Abstract: This special issue follows up on a stream of recent contributions on what has been identified as a particular phase of post-Maastricht European integration: the ‘new intergovernmentalism’ and ‘the intergovernmental union’. This literature considers the European Union’s (EU) core intergovernmental forums for policy coordination, the European Council, the Eurogroup and the Foreign Affairs Council as central to EU decision-making. These bodies perform functions related to policy initiation and implementation which were traditionally associated with the European Commission. Intergovernmentalisation is primarily detectable in new areas of EU activity such as economic governance and foreign affairs which operate mainly outside the community method and in policy sectors which depict a mix of legislative and non-legislative decision-making mechanisms, such as justice and home affairs and energy. More integration is achieved without significant further supranationalisation. These developments affect how th...

87 citations

Book
01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: Theorising informality and assessing the Eurogroup's informal working method showed clear trends in how informal governance and the operation of the SGP have changed in recent years.
Abstract: Introduction 1. Theorising informality 2. Why does EMU require informal governance 3. The informal working method 4. The agenda 5. Informal governance and the operation of the SGP 6. Assessing the Eurogroup's informal working method 7. Conclusion

62 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a book called "The Great Transformations: Economic Ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth Century", which is a collection of reviews of new books published in the twenty-first century.
Abstract: (2003). Great Transformations: Economic Ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth Century. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 130-130.

582 citations

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TL;DR: The post-Maastricht period is marked by an integration paradox as discussed by the authors, where the basic constitutional features of the European Union have remained stable, EU activity has expanded to an unprecedented degree.
Abstract: The post-Maastricht period is marked by an integration paradox. While the basic constitutional features of the European Union have remained stable, EU activity has expanded to an unprecedented degree. This form of integration without supranationalism is no exception or temporary deviation from traditional forms of European integration. Rather, it is a distinct phase of European integration, what is called ‘the new intergovernmentalism’ in this article. This approach to post-Maastricht integration challenges theories that associate integration with transfers of competences from national capitals to supranational institutions and those that reduce integration to traditional socioeconomic or security-driven interests. This article explains the integration paradox in terms of transformations in Europe's political economy, changes in preference formation and the decline of the ‘permissive consensus’. It presents a set of six hypotheses that develop further the main claims of the new intergovernmentalism and that can be used as a basis for future research.

428 citations

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TL;DR: Checkel et al. as discussed by the authors examined the European Union's Committee of Permanent Representatives, or COREPER, a group composed of the EU permanent representatives (permreps) and responsible for preparing upcoming ministerial meetings of the Council.
Abstract: This article examines the European Union's Committee of Permanent Representatives, or COREPER, a group composed of the EU permanent representatives (permreps) and responsible for preparing upcoming ministerial meetings of the Council. As the heart of everyday decision making in the EU, COREPER is a key laboratory to test whether and how national officials become socialized into a Brussels-based collective culture and what difference this makes for EU negotiations. The key scope conditions for COREPER socialization are high issue density/intensity and insulation from domestic politics. COREPER also displays a range of socialization mechanisms, including strategic calculation, role playing, and normative suasion. Based on extensive interview data and a detailed case study of negotiations for a controversial EU citizenship directive, this article documents a socialization pathway in COREPER marked by adherence to a set of norm-guided rules and principled beliefs in collectively legitimating arguments and making decisions. COREPER socialization does not indicate a pattern of national identities being replaced or subsumed; rather, the evidence points to a socialization process based on a “logic of appropriateness” and an expanded conception of the self. For feedback on earlier versions, I am grateful to the project participants and especially Jeffrey Checkel, Matthew Evangelista, Iain Johnston, and Michael Zurn. I thank the editors and two anonymous reviewers for comments that greatly improved the final product. I also acknowledge generous support from the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies and the American Political Science Association's Small Grant Program, which funded portions of field research associated with this project.

335 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the three dominant approaches to European integration cannot fully explain why the two most recent crises of the European Union (EU) resulted in very different outcome.
Abstract: This contribution argues that the three dominant approaches to European integration cannot fully explain why the two most recent crises of the European Union (EU) resulted in very different outcome...

291 citations