Chapitre D'ouvrage Année : 2024

Introduction: The Council Presidency in EU Studies: What Have We Learned and What Has Changed in the Decade of Crises?

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This chapter examines the evolution of the EU Council presidency, focusing on its roles, functions, and the extent to which it has been studied in the field of EU studies. It highlights that significant institutional changes and successive crises have played a pivotal role in shaping the formal and informal institutionalization of the EU Council Presidency. Despite its undeniable centrality and dynamic trajectory, academic attention devoted to this topic remains relatively limited compared to other European institutions. Prior to the Maastricht Treaty, only a few scholarly works, were dedicated to analysing the rotating presidencies of the Council. It was only after the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty that scholarly interest began to flourish. The majority of research has focused on in-depth case studies, as well as analyses and conceptualizations of the internal functioning of the institution, its role in decision-making processes, and the patterns of voting and coalition formations. Building on the existing literature, this chapter offers a comprehensive overview of the Council Presidency as discussed within the realm of EU studies. Moreover, it introduces the structure of the book, which seeks to investigate how the Council Presidency has adapted to both institutional and context-related changes during the decade of crises that followed the Lisbon Treaty.

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halshs-04862000 , version 1 (18-06-2025)

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Ramona Coman, Olivier Costa, Vivien Sierens. Introduction: The Council Presidency in EU Studies: What Have We Learned and What Has Changed in the Decade of Crises?. Ramona Coman, Vivien Sierens. EU Council Presidencies in Times of Crises, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp.1-29, 2024, Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics, ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-44788-4_1⟩. ⟨halshs-04862000⟩
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