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Article: A comparison of two views on the European Commission: engine of integration and conduit of national interests
Title | A comparison of two views on the European Commission: engine of integration and conduit of national interests |
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Authors | |
Keywords | commissioners European Commission European integration nationality political parties |
Issue Date | 2022 |
Citation | Journal of European Public Policy, 2022, v. 29, n. 1, p. 136-154 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The conventional view of the Commission is that it is above the fray of national politics, and that Commissioners have allegiance to pan-European interests. However, research indicates that the Commission is in many ways imbued with national interests, despite being the engine of integration. This study examines the national Commissioner dividend, which is the tendency for the Commission’s policies on any given issue to agree more with the policy positions of the primarily responsible Commissioner’s home state than with other positions. We examine the conditions under which this national Commissioner dividend may be larger, including Commissioners’ partisanship and personal characteristics. The findings provide clear evidence of a national Commissioner dividend, notwithstanding the Commission’s general pro-integration and pan-European preferences. Moreover, the Commissioner dividend occurs in a broad range of circumstances. The study considers the implications of the findings for the Commission’s role in transmuting national interests into European-level policies. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/345149 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.967 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Thomson, Robert | - |
dc.contributor.author | Dumont, Patrick | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-15T09:25:33Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-08-15T09:25:33Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of European Public Policy, 2022, v. 29, n. 1, p. 136-154 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1350-1763 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/345149 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The conventional view of the Commission is that it is above the fray of national politics, and that Commissioners have allegiance to pan-European interests. However, research indicates that the Commission is in many ways imbued with national interests, despite being the engine of integration. This study examines the national Commissioner dividend, which is the tendency for the Commission’s policies on any given issue to agree more with the policy positions of the primarily responsible Commissioner’s home state than with other positions. We examine the conditions under which this national Commissioner dividend may be larger, including Commissioners’ partisanship and personal characteristics. The findings provide clear evidence of a national Commissioner dividend, notwithstanding the Commission’s general pro-integration and pan-European preferences. Moreover, the Commissioner dividend occurs in a broad range of circumstances. The study considers the implications of the findings for the Commission’s role in transmuting national interests into European-level policies. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of European Public Policy | - |
dc.subject | commissioners | - |
dc.subject | European Commission | - |
dc.subject | European integration | - |
dc.subject | nationality | - |
dc.subject | political parties | - |
dc.title | A comparison of two views on the European Commission: engine of integration and conduit of national interests | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/13501763.2021.1991982 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85118252178 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 29 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 136 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 154 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1466-4429 | - |