Political alternatives under European economic governance: evidence from German budget speeches (2009-2019)

被引:13
作者
Karremans, Johannes [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Salzburg, Polit Sci Dept, Salzburg, Austria
基金
奥地利科学基金会;
关键词
Comparative content analysis; European economic governance; German politics; national budgets; party-government; responsibility; SOCIAL-POLICY; SEMESTER; PARLIAMENTS; DEMOCRACY; CRISIS; UNION;
D O I
10.1080/13501763.2020.1748096
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
Since the early 2010s, budgetary policy-making in EU member states has been subject to tighter European constraints. While recent research shows the relevance of intergovernmental negotiations for setting European policy priorities, little is known about how much political alternation in government still matters for national budgetary agendas. This paper investigates this question in Germany, one of Europe's most powerful and financially stable countries. Drawing on original data, the paper first shows how political alternation in German cabinets changes governments' budgetary agendas. Secondly, it shows how this alternation also influences the formulation and adoption of European policy recommendations. Based on these findings, the paper argues that governments in financially stable countries can pursue alternative policy agendas, but that these need to find consensus at both the national and European level. The range of alternatives is therefore inevitably contingent upon the national institutional framework and country's relative strength within the EU.
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页码:510 / 531
页数:22
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