The topic is EU coordination, managing EU business, and ‘making things happen an Participating in the Brussels arena: Politics Assignment, UCC, Ireland
| University | University College Cork (UCC) |
| Subject | Politics |
The topic is EU coordination, managing EU business, and ‘making things happen. Participating in the Brussels arena, both ‘uploading’ and ‘downloading’ to use the Europeanisation terms, requires a lot of work in national capitals and incorporates the role of a member state’s Permanent Representation which is involved in managing the interface between the EU and domestic level.
How does Ireland manage its EU business? Like other member states, Ireland has to prepare and then defend its positions at the European level and therefore has had to arrange its political-administrative structures accordingly. This can take the form of adapting Actors Structures, and Processes. Several features of the political environment contribute towards shaping EU coordination mechanisms in national capitals, notably the policy style, centralization vs decentralization, attitude towards membership.
