The founding of the European Council: economic reform and the mechanism of continuous negotiation

2016/06/20 by Anthony F. Imbrogno · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #EU Law and Policy Analysis #European Union Policy and Governance #Social Policy and Reform Studies

paper · doi:10.1080/07036337.2016.1188925

openalex publication_date 2016/06/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06

Abstract

By comparing two eras of European heads-of-state-or-government (HoSG) summitry – the summits of 1961 and those between 1967 and 1974 – an under-studied factor in the European Council’s institutionalisation is revealed. At the 1961 summits, political integration dominated HoSG discussions, whereas from 1967 onward, economic reform – in the form of the common market, common agriculture policy, economic and monetary union and regional development fund – was the dominant topic of discussions. The institutionalisation of summitry was a product not only of personalities and international events but also of the mechanism of continuous negotiation on economic reform.

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