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What makes a good EU Presidency? Italy and Ireland compared

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posted on 2023-06-08, 08:21 authored by Lucia Quaglia, Edward Moxon-Browne
What makes a `good EU presidency? A comparison between the two most recent Italian and Irish experiences in office can be instrumental in evaluating the crucial factors that affect presidency performance. The argument is developed in three main stages. Firstly, four key roles are selected in order to benchmark presidencies. Secondly, these roles are applied to the empirical record as criteria to devise a score-card of the two presidencies under consideration. Thirdly, presidency-specific factors are elicited and analysed, arguing that intangible assets, such as knowledge of EU affairs (process expertise, content expertise and information); political credibility and reputation; and general attitudes towards European integration, are crucial in performing the roles of president-in-office effectively and legitimately.

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  • Published

Journal

Journal of Common Market Studies

ISSN

0021-9886

Issue

2

Volume

44

Page range

349-368

Pages

20.0

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  • Politics Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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