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    Negotiations in the EU Council of Ministers: And All Must Have Prizes'

    By Sandrino Smeets

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    Insiders and outsiders agree; there is something particular about negotiating in Brussels.

    This book analyses ten years of continuous negotiations about EU enlargement to the Western Balkans, answering questions such as When and how are decisions typically reached in the European Union? What is this ‘culture of consensus’ that pervades negotiations in the Council of Ministers? And why are some member states more successful than others in making their voices heard?

    Using the metaphor of the Caucus race from Alice in Wonderland, Smeets' book offers a fresh perspective on the decision-making realities in Brussels’ European Quarter.

    By providing unique empirical insight into behind-closed-doors debates, it explains the faltering accession process of the countries of former Yugoslavia. But most of all, it reveals the mechanism by which national interests are accommodated, so that deals can be reached between the member states.

    Much work has been done in individual disciplines on the phenomenon of tax competition that lies at the heart of this crisis. Yet, the combination of issues of democratic legitimacy, social justice, economic efficiency, and national sovereignty that tax competition raises clearly requires an interdisciplinary analysis.

    This book offers a rare example of this kind of work, bringing together experts from political science, philosophy, law, and economics whose contributions combine empirical analysis with normative and institutional proposals. It makes an important contribution to reforming international taxation.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherECPR Press
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781785521393
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    Sandrino Smeets

    Sandrino Smeets is a historian, journalist and political scientist. He specialises in EU decision making and international negotiations in the fields of foreign policy, enlargement and economic and monetary union. As part of his PhD project, he worked for the Dutch Permanent Representation in the Council Working Party on the Western Balkans (Coweb) and the Council Working Party on Enlargement (Coela). He has published in a number of academic journals, including Journal of European Public Policy, European Journal of Political Research and Journal of European Integration. Previously an Assistant Professor in the departments of Methodology and Political Science of Radboud University Nijmegen, he currently works at Aarhus University on a project about the EMU reform negotiations.

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