Perceptions of the EU institutions 5
The Council of Europe 7
The origins of the European Council 57
Rules of procedure for voting 61
European Council decisions that are not taken by consensus 62
Strategic guidelines on migration 67
Statement of the Heads of State or Government on Ukraine, Brussels, 6 March 2014 69
A hybrid political animal 74
Miscalculations and tactical errors 75
Council configurations and frequency of meetings, 2010 and 2015 84
Order of presidency rotation, 2007–20 87
Qualified majority voting (QMV) in the Council 91
Duties of the Council presidency 94
The fall of the Santer Commission 114
The Rocco Buttiglione affair 120
Juncker’s crises 131
The election of Jean-Claude Juncker as Commission President 139
Bankers’ bonuses 152
Enforcing state commitments 169
From case to judgment at the Court of Justice 175
The ‘other’ European banks: The European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 215
The Single Supervisory Mechanism 217
Appointments to the ECB Executive Board 221
An overview of the European authorization system 250
The EMA mission statement 251
The EFSA mission statement 253
Distribution of responsibilities in the Court of Auditors, April 2016 265
Statements of assurance 269
EU whistle-blowers 272
p. xx Timeline of key developments in police and judicial cooperation 285
Areas of ‘common interest’ in Maastricht’s JHA pillar 293
Europol 294
The 2015 and 2016 terror attacks on Paris and Brussels 300
EU–US cooperation post-9/11 301
Post-Lisbon organizational changes 303
Defining ‘foreign policy’ and ‘external relations’ 309
The European Security Strategy 310
CFSP policy instruments 314
The High Representative 317
The EEAS 318
EU sanctions 321
Strategic partnerships 322
Constitutive politics and the Spaak Committee 337
The paradox of ‘crisis’: The 1965–66 empty chair and consensus-seeking habits 339
Party groups in the 2014–19 European Parliament 359
EU policy fields in which EESC consultation is mandatory 383
EU policy fields in which CoR consultation is mandatory 384
National memberships of the EESC and CoR 385
French members of the EESC 387
Commissions of the CoR 387
French members of the CoR 388
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