Political processes and decision-making procedures
Political processes and decision-making procedures
This chapter examines the characteristic processes and decision-making procedures involved in the development and design of European Union environmental policies, discussing the informal patterns of interaction and the relationships between the involved actors and institutions. The analysis of the decision-making process reveals that the respective means of influence of the participating actors and institutions can vary considerably depending on the procedural rules on which they are based. The chapter also explains the different phases of European policy making, which include the problem-definition and agenda-setting phase, the elaboration of policy proposals at the level of the Commission and the phase of decision making through the European legislative process.
Keywords: decision-making procedures, environmental policies, European Union, procedural rules, problem definition, agenda-setting phase, policy proposals, legislative process
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