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Jour Fixe with Liesbet Hooghe, 25 October 2010
10/21/2010
We are glad to invite you to the Jour Fixe presentation by Prof. Liesbet Hooghe on: "Images of Europe - How Commission Officials conceive their Institution's Role in the EU".
The Jour Fixe begins at 4.15 pm (16.15 Uhr) and takes place at Ihnestr. 26, Room 202.
Abstract
How do Commission officials conceive the Commission’s role in the European Union? Should the Commission be the government of Europe or the servant of member states? Is there a third possibility, the Community method, whereby Commission and member states share authority? This article lays out institutional options and role conceptions adopted by Commission officials, and estimates their relative incidence using a 2008 large-scale survey among Commission officials (N=1901). Pluralism reigns, and in explaining variation, national background shapes views much more than professional background.
