The European Commission is at the very heart of the European integration process and, with
the Council, is one of the two central institutions of the European Union. Its activist role under …

Analyses of the rising capacity for co‐ordination within the Secretariats‐General of the
European Commission and Council have concentrated on their effects within these …

This monograph investigates the place of macro-scale spatial planning in steering
infrastructure development in Europe. It starts from an examination of the way in which …

ABSTRACT Since the 1993 White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness and Employment, the
Commission has emphasised the importance of trans-European networks (TENs) for the …

Abstract The Programmatic Action Framework (PAF) is a theoretical lens on policy
processes developed at the intersection of policy process research, public administration …

With its traditional (ie legislative) modes of governance coming under fire due to their
perceived lack of legitimacy and effectiveness, the European Union (EU) has increasingly …

Las infraestructuras de transportes en la Unión Europea constituyen un medio de gran
relevancia para facilitar la interconexión de sus Estados miembros y son un instrumento …

The objective of a common transport policy dates back more than five decades to the treaty
establishing the European Economic Community (EEC)–the Treaty of Rome, which was …

Analyses of the rising capacity for coordination within the Secretariats-General of the
European Commission and Council have concentrated on their effects within these …

The reasons for the high level of policy interest involvement in EU policy activities 72 The
policy activities of policy interests 73 The influence exercised by policy interests 73 A special …