The course proposes a double perspective of analysis, both chronological and functional. It allows to piece together the key stages of the decision-making process: internal procedures proper to the main institutions, inter-institutional procedures, involvement of stakeholders. Several recent examples are provided.
The course is aimed at familiarizing the students with the theory and the reality of European decision procedures: legal and political foundations; institutional practice; assessment in the light of the good governance requirements
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Written or oral examination.
Each political and legal stage composing the decision-making process is examined, from the impulsion by the European Council to the execution where the adoption of such measures is required. Among other topics, attention is paid to the programmation cycle, the operation of the institutions and their organs as well as to complex procedures like the codecision and the comitology. Three case studies are provided: European banking Union, financial transaction tax and international accounting standards.
Prerequisite: LEUSL2011 "Acteurs du système politique européen" or LEUSL2015 "Actors of the European political system"
