Technical Differences or Power Play? EU Inter-institutional (Dis)agreements over Better Regulation
Technical Differences or Power Play? EU Inter-institutional (Dis)agreements over Better Regulation

Author(s): Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka
Subject(s): Governance, Government/Political systems, EU-Legislation
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: European Union; Inter-institutional Agreement on Better Regulation; EU legislative; EU policy-making; EU governance;
Summary/Abstract: Negotiations between the European Commission, the EU Council and the European Parliament on the new Inter-institutional Agreement on Better Regulation are unlikely to be concluded, as originally planned, before the end of 2015. An overview of the positions of these three parties reveals conflicting approaches to how the EU legislative process should work. It also exposes a clear case of power play between the institutions, and poses the question of whether EU policymaking should evolve in a more political or technocratic direction. It is in the interest of Poland, as a member of the Council supporting the community method, to advocate for more expertise in EU policymaking, but not to the detriment of democratic principles of EU governance.

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