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How Formal and Informal Institutional Factors Affect the Bargaining Strategies of the Co-legislators in the European Union: A Case Study on the Negotiation Process of the Directive on Unfair Trading Practices in Business-to-Business Relationships in the Food Supply Chain

Ingimarsdottir, Rebecka LU (2019) STVM23 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Since the introduction of the co-decision procedure in the European Union (EU), the Council of the EU and the European Parliament have become more interdependent in order to reach an agreement on a legislative file. The interdependence has led to a significant increase in the number of trilogues, which is problematic as these informal meetings are secluded and have no references to the treaties. During the autumn of 2018, the two institutions negotiated and concluded the directive on unfair trading practices (UTPs) in the food supply chain faster than the average legislative file in the EU. It also included more trilogues than the average file, which is why it was chosen as a case study for this thesis. The aim of the study is to... (More)
Since the introduction of the co-decision procedure in the European Union (EU), the Council of the EU and the European Parliament have become more interdependent in order to reach an agreement on a legislative file. The interdependence has led to a significant increase in the number of trilogues, which is problematic as these informal meetings are secluded and have no references to the treaties. During the autumn of 2018, the two institutions negotiated and concluded the directive on unfair trading practices (UTPs) in the food supply chain faster than the average legislative file in the EU. It also included more trilogues than the average file, which is why it was chosen as a case study for this thesis. The aim of the study is to understand how formal and informal institutional factors affect the bargaining strategies of the co-legislators in the intra- and inter-institutional negotiation process as well as the role of the trilogues. After having performed seven interviews with representatives in Brussels, and having analysed reports and committee meetings, the findings show that the factors chosen had a mixed impact on the co-legislators’ bargaining strategies. The findings also show that the trilogues were used as a negotiation tool by the Rapporteur in situations where hard bargaining strategies were apparent. (Less)
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author
Ingimarsdottir, Rebecka LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM23 20191
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
European Union, Co-decision Procedure, Trilogues, UTP Directive, New Institutionalism, Relais Actors, Soft and Hard Bargaining Strategies
language
English
id
8975903
date added to LUP
2019-09-06 09:20:20
date last changed
2019-09-06 09:20:26
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  abstract     = {{Since the introduction of the co-decision procedure in the European Union (EU), the Council of the EU and the European Parliament have become more interdependent in order to reach an agreement on a legislative file. The interdependence has led to a significant increase in the number of trilogues, which is problematic as these informal meetings are secluded and have no references to the treaties. During the autumn of 2018, the two institutions negotiated and concluded the directive on unfair trading practices (UTPs) in the food supply chain faster than the average legislative file in the EU. It also included more trilogues than the average file, which is why it was chosen as a case study for this thesis. The aim of the study is to understand how formal and informal institutional factors affect the bargaining strategies of the co-legislators in the intra- and inter-institutional negotiation process as well as the role of the trilogues. After having performed seven interviews with representatives in Brussels, and having analysed reports and committee meetings, the findings show that the factors chosen had a mixed impact on the co-legislators’ bargaining strategies. The findings also show that the trilogues were used as a negotiation tool by the Rapporteur in situations where hard bargaining strategies were apparent.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{How Formal and Informal Institutional Factors Affect the Bargaining Strategies of the Co-legislators in the European Union: A Case Study on the Negotiation Process of the Directive on Unfair Trading Practices in Business-to-Business Relationships in the Food Supply Chain}},
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