Small States and EU Governance
Malta in EU Decision-Making Processes
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Beschreibung
This book examines a crucial question about small states and their governments’ influence in the European Union (EU) decision-making processes. - Are EU small member state governments influential in EU decision-making processes? In other words, do they exercise influence in these processes? And if so, how and at which stage do they do this? This book seeks to answer the above questions by focusing on Malta - the smallest state in the EU - and whether it exercises influence in ‘uploading’ its preferences in two distinct stages of EU legislative decision-making processes - decision-shaping (formation) and decision-taking (adoption). The cases selected and analyzed showcase the Maltese government’s behaviour in legislative negotiations in differing EU policy spheres that are extremely relevant to it. These are the adoption of EU directives on pyrotechnic articles (falling under the EU competition and consumer health and safety policy spheres) and on the extension ofEU long-term residence to beneficiaries of international protection (falling under EU immigration policy). As analyzed in the latter chapters of the book, Malta’s government has achieved varying degrees of success in its exercise of influence in these EU decision-making processes.
Develops our understanding on small states in the EU and their behaviour in EU decision-making processes Goes contrary to the general notion that due to their smallness, small EU states do not exercise influence in such processes Makes a significant contribution to the literature on Malta in EU legislative decision-making processes Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Jean Micallef Grimaud
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“Micallef Grimaud’s systematic study of Malta in EU decision-making processes deserves a wide readership among scholars and students of small European states.” (Professor Anders Wivel, Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
“This timely book offers a thorough insight into how a small state, by linking its individual capabilities with correct strategies, can influence policy-making in the European Union. The book’s rich theoretical background combined with a detailed case study of Malta within the EU produces a valuable contribution to small state studies. The EU is not only about large states – small states can also have a considerable say in its decision-making.” (Professor Baldur Thorhallsson, University of Iceland)
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