The collection of articles in this special issue provides a comprehensive analysis of
European Union decision-making during the Eurozone crisis. We investigate national …

This special issue examines legislative decision-making in the European Union (EU). By
focusing on specific examples of legislative decision-making and actors' preferences in …

The negotiations on the reforms of the Economic and Monetary Union were highly
conflictual. This article analyses the dimensions of conflict that structured these negotiations …

Although shifts in policy positions are a fundamental feature of the European Union (EU)
bargaining process they have not yet been studied systematically. This article provides …

This article analyzes the effect of Franco-German cooperation on Economic and Monetary
Union reforms, negotiated between 2010 and 2015. We identify three causal mechanisms …

There is a broad consensus that the left-right dimension has been the dominant line of
conflict in the European Parliament since 1979. A pro-/anti-EU dimension is found to be of …

This article provides a systematic assessment of bargaining success in the reform of the
Eurozone 2010 to 2015. Theoretically, we develop an argument about preferences and …

This article examines the extent to which economic or political factors shaped government
preferences in the reform of the Economic Monetary Union. A multilevel analysis of …

This article reviews how different integration theories interpret which political actors mattered
in governmental preference formation during the euro crisis. It presents new evidence on the …

The Council of the European Union (EU) is a crucial actor in EU legislative decision-making.
However, how it reaches decisions is subject to considerable debate. Constructivists argue …