Cooperating below the top: comparison of pre- and post-Lisbon rotating presidencies’ channels of cooperation in Brussels
Cooperating below the top: comparison of pre- and post-Lisbon rotating presidencies’ channels of cooperation in Brussels

Summary/Abstract: The article looks into channels of cooperation between the actors of the rotating presidency and those of the General Secretariat of the Council (GSC), the European Commission, the Council members and, for the post-Lisbon presidencies, the President of the European Council and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with an overall research question of how did the changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty affect these channels? It looks into the evaluation of cooperation with regard to different elements of the role of the rotating presidency as well as into frequencies of the receipt of information on substantive questions and on the positions of other actors. The article is based on data from large-scale questionnaires answered by officials closely involved with the conduct of the presidency of four member states. Slovenia and Sweden served closely prior to entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty and Belgium and Hungary closely following it.

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