A matter of context - Why negotiating mandates given in the Swedish Riksdag's EU committee differ
(2009) STVM17 20091Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This thesis explores the mandates given to cabinet representatives in the Swedish Riksdag‟s EU committee before negotiations in the EU council of ministers. The mandate is the first step to secure accountability in the delegation between the Riksdag and the cabinet and it consists of the cabinet‟s proposed standpoint for each council agenda point and the committee discussions. The mandates are found to be more or less flexible and answers are sought to how and why this is. Three indicators are developed to decide what a flexible mandate is. These are tested on material from the EU committee and interviews. Using three hypotheses tested on two council configurations during two parliamentary years, the author detects that a strong national... (More)
- This thesis explores the mandates given to cabinet representatives in the Swedish Riksdag‟s EU committee before negotiations in the EU council of ministers. The mandate is the first step to secure accountability in the delegation between the Riksdag and the cabinet and it consists of the cabinet‟s proposed standpoint for each council agenda point and the committee discussions. The mandates are found to be more or less flexible and answers are sought to how and why this is. Three indicators are developed to decide what a flexible mandate is. These are tested on material from the EU committee and interviews. Using three hypotheses tested on two council configurations during two parliamentary years, the author detects that a strong national interest, the cabinet formation and if other member states have strong interests all have, given the context, some explanatory power. (Less)
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- author
- Johansson, Markus LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVM17 20091
- year
- 2009
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- EU negotiations, European Affairs, EU committee, Swedish Riksdag, delegation-accountability, flexible mandates
- language
- English
- id
- 1397287
- date added to LUP
- 2009-06-18 11:30:28
- date last changed
- 2009-06-18 11:30:28
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