This paper examines member state bargaining success in legislative negotiations in the
European Union. Bargaining success is thought to be determined by factors attributable to …

ABSTRACT Negotiations in the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers are highly
secretive, so outsiders have limited knowledge of the factors that determine bargaining …

This study describes and explains states' bargaining success in legislative decision-making
in the European Union. We measure bargaining success by the congruence between …

This research is about the extent to which the policy outcomes in the European Union (EU)
decision‐making process represent the policy preferences defended by Member States …

Secrecy still characterizes negotiations in the intergovernmental legislative body of the
European Union, the Council of Ministers. Even close observers do not know which power …

We know surprisingly little about whether the content of European Union (EU) legislation
reflects the preferences of some member states more than others. The few studies that have …

This article introduces a new concept to negotiation research in political science: negotiation
effectiveness. Prominent research focuses on negotiation success, capturing the extent to …

We introduce a series of arguments that explain how country characteristics influence the
choice of bargaining strategies. The country characteristics that we consider are a country's …

Policy decisions in the European Union (EU) are often outcomes of intensive bargaining and
negotiation processes. The actors involved in the overall bargaining game are not only …

Making interventions during negotiations within the Council of Ministers is the primary way in
which member states make their policy positions known to one another and attempt to …