- Map of Europe
- About the Authors
- About the Book
- New to this Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre
- Part One Theory
- 1. Theories of European Integration
- 2. Theories of EU Governance
- 3. Theorizing Consequences
- 4. Critical Perspectives
- Part Two History
- 5. From the End of the War to the Schuman Plan (the late 1940s to the early 1950s)
- 6. The ‘Other’ European Communities and the Origins of the European Economic Community (the Early 1950s to the 1960s)
- 7. The First Years of the European Economic Community (the 1960s and into the 1970s)
- 8. The Revival of European Integration (the Mid-1970s to the Late 1980s)
- 9. Maastricht and Amsterdam (the Late 1980s to the Late 1990s)
- 10. From Amsterdam to Lisbon (2000–2009)
- 11. The EU in Crisis (2009–)
- Part Three Institutions
- 12. The Institutional Architecture
- 13. The European Commission
- 14. The European Council and the Council of Ministers
- 15. The European Parliament
- 16. The European Court of Justice
- 17. Organized Interests
- Part Four Policies
- 18. Policies and Policy Making in the European Union
- 19. Agriculture
- 20. The Single Market
- 21. Economic and Monetary Union
- 22. Cohesion Policy
- 23. Environmental Policy
- 24. Freedom, Security, and Justice
- 25. Trade and Development Aid
- 26. Common Foreign and Security Policy
- 27. Enlargement
- Appendix—Brexit supplement
- Further reading
- References (Brexit supplement)
- References
- Glossary
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Chronology
- General Index
- Name Index
(p. 327) Part Four Policies
- Author(s):
Ian Bache
, Simon Bulmer
, Stephen George
, and Owen Parker
This chapter examines policies and the patterns of policy making in the European Union. The formal EU policy process begins with the European Commission (EC) drawing up proposals for legislation, at which stage it will consult widely with interest groups, technical experts, and national government officials. It will also consult members of the European Parliament (EP). The open method of co-ordination (OMC) has been introduced into what was the EC pillar, giving the member states stronger control and excluding the EP and the European Court of Justice. The chapter first considers how the European policy agenda is formed before discussing the EU policy process. It then explores minor policy areas such as the Common Fisheries Policy, fraud, and the information society, and major policy areas such as competition, employment and social policy, energy, research, and transport.
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- Map of Europe
- About the Authors
- About the Book
- New to this Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre
- Part One Theory
- 1. Theories of European Integration
- 2. Theories of EU Governance
- 3. Theorizing Consequences
- 4. Critical Perspectives
- Part Two History
- 5. From the End of the War to the Schuman Plan (the late 1940s to the early 1950s)
- 6. The ‘Other’ European Communities and the Origins of the European Economic Community (the Early 1950s to the 1960s)
- 7. The First Years of the European Economic Community (the 1960s and into the 1970s)
- 8. The Revival of European Integration (the Mid-1970s to the Late 1980s)
- 9. Maastricht and Amsterdam (the Late 1980s to the Late 1990s)
- 10. From Amsterdam to Lisbon (2000–2009)
- 11. The EU in Crisis (2009–)
- Part Three Institutions
- 12. The Institutional Architecture
- 13. The European Commission
- 14. The European Council and the Council of Ministers
- 15. The European Parliament
- 16. The European Court of Justice
- 17. Organized Interests
- Part Four Policies
- 18. Policies and Policy Making in the European Union
- 19. Agriculture
- 20. The Single Market
- 21. Economic and Monetary Union
- 22. Cohesion Policy
- 23. Environmental Policy
- 24. Freedom, Security, and Justice
- 25. Trade and Development Aid
- 26. Common Foreign and Security Policy
- 27. Enlargement
- Appendix—Brexit supplement
- Further reading
- References (Brexit supplement)
- References
- Glossary
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Chronology
- General Index
- Name Index
