Formation of National Positions on EU Legislative Proposals in Slovenia: What Role for Civil Society Organizations?
<p>This article considers the EU policymaking process from the national perspective, emphasizing the involvement of civil society organizations (CSOs) in the process of formulating national positions prior to negotiations in the Council of the EU. Its scope is limited to the stagist model of p...
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Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
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| description | <p>This article considers the EU policymaking process from the national perspective, emphasizing the involvement of civil society organizations (CSOs) in the process of formulating national positions prior to negotiations in the Council of the EU. Its scope is limited to the stagist model of policy analysis, focusing on the policy formulation stage and 20 of the most salient EU legislative proposals on the EU agenda between 2008 and 2010. It is argued that Slovenia seems to neglect the expertise and information held by CSOs during the process of forming national positions. The current system for coordinating EU affairs anticipates only a narrow role for CSOs. The national position is typically formed at a lower bureaucratic level and based on the European Commission’s proposal. While national officials recognize the benefits of including CSOs in the whole process, they are afraid of greater work, more bureaucratic processes, and corruption.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cd1fcda267714496a30a2f9d5313f2942024-03-14T07:28:40ZengBabes-Bolyai University, Cluj-NapocaTransylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences1842-28452020-10-0116618810410.24193/tras.61E.5671Formation of National Positions on EU Legislative Proposals in Slovenia: What Role for Civil Society Organizations?Damjan Lajh0Meta Novak1Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Professor, Ph.D., Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Head of the Centre for Political Science Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SloveniaAssistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ph.D., University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Researcher, Centre for Political Science Research, Faculty of Social Sciences,nUniversity of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia<p>This article considers the EU policymaking process from the national perspective, emphasizing the involvement of civil society organizations (CSOs) in the process of formulating national positions prior to negotiations in the Council of the EU. Its scope is limited to the stagist model of policy analysis, focusing on the policy formulation stage and 20 of the most salient EU legislative proposals on the EU agenda between 2008 and 2010. It is argued that Slovenia seems to neglect the expertise and information held by CSOs during the process of forming national positions. The current system for coordinating EU affairs anticipates only a narrow role for CSOs. The national position is typically formed at a lower bureaucratic level and based on the European Commission’s proposal. While national officials recognize the benefits of including CSOs in the whole process, they are afraid of greater work, more bureaucratic processes, and corruption.</p>https://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/638eu policymakingcoordination of eu affairsformulating national positionscivil society organizationsrepresentationslovenia. |
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| title | Formation of National Positions on EU Legislative Proposals in Slovenia: What Role for Civil Society Organizations? |
| title_full | Formation of National Positions on EU Legislative Proposals in Slovenia: What Role for Civil Society Organizations? |
| title_fullStr | Formation of National Positions on EU Legislative Proposals in Slovenia: What Role for Civil Society Organizations? |
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| title_short | Formation of National Positions on EU Legislative Proposals in Slovenia: What Role for Civil Society Organizations? |
| title_sort | formation of national positions on eu legislative proposals in slovenia what role for civil society organizations |
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