Data di Pubblicazione:
2023
Citazione:
Italy in the Council of the European Union: votes and statements / M. Giuliani. - In: CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN POLITICS. - ISSN 2324-8823. - (2023), pp. 1-20. [Epub ahead of print] [10.1080/23248823.2023.2220187]
Abstract:
The Council of the European Union is considered to be ‘a consensus
machine’. Yet, disagreements still happen at the voting stage, with
abstentions, oppositions, and statements defining the positions of
national delegations even at the end of long bargaining processes.
This article explores the behaviours of Italian representatives in the
Council from 1995 to 2019. The analysis uses roll call data to test
expectations emerging from the previous comparative literature in
the context of this more demanding single-country research
design. Amongst the hypotheses, the results confirm that chairing
the Council, and the partisanship of governments on the ideological
and EU integration dimensions, are systematically associated
with various ways in which opposition and dissent are expressed.
Furthermore, we find that caretaker cabinets and government heterogeneity
also reduce the likelihood of Italian disagreements in
the Council.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Italy; Council of the EU; voting; roll call;
Elenco autori:
M. Giuliani
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