Expertise, politics and public opinion at the crossroads of the European Commission’s decision-making: The case of Glyphosate.
With the growing politicisation of European Union (EU) integration, the European Commission is increasingly facing a tension between technocratic and responsive decision-making. How does this tension play out in the process of supranational implementation under comitology rules? We argue that the te...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:irpp_849 https://doi.org/10.4000/irpp.849 urn:doi:10.4000/irpp.849 en https://journals.openedition.org/irpp/849 2020-04-27T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/h5gf https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Expertise, politics and public opinion at the crossroads of the European Commission’s decision-making: The case of Glyphosate. International Review of Public Policy International Public Policy Association info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2706-6274 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2679-3873 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/irpp Bazzan, Giulia Migliorati, Marta EU Commission decision-making comitology public opinion politicization consumer protection responsiveness With the growing politicisation of European Union (EU) integration, the European Commission is increasingly facing a tension between technocratic and responsive decision-making. How does this tension play out in the process of supranational implementation under comitology rules? We argue that the tension between the Commission´s role as a technocrat and as a responsive bureaucrat takes place during the implementation process when the issue at stake becomes politicised. We test our argument through the analysis of the Glyphosate renewal procedure (2015-2017). We process-trace the case by means of semi-structured interviews, media and document analysis. We find that with the increase of issue visibility and subsequent politicisation, the Commission progressively abandons a purely technocratic behaviour. First, it puts in place political strategies such as delays and blame-shifting to release itself from the burden of unpopular decisions. Secondly, it seeks to respond to concerns expressed by consumers by proposing compromise-based measures closer to public interest. Ultimately, we show how the outcome of the policy process is mediated by politicisation and characterised by a shift from technocratic to responsive decision making. |
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With the growing politicisation of European Union (EU) integration, the European Commission is increasingly facing a tension between technocratic and responsive decision-making. How does this tension play out in the process of supranational implementation under comitology rules? We argue that the tension between the Commission´s role as a technocrat and as a responsive bureaucrat takes place during the implementation process when the issue at stake becomes politicised. We test our argument through the analysis of the Glyphosate renewal procedure (2015-2017). We process-trace the case by means of semi-structured interviews, media and document analysis. We find that with the increase of issue visibility and subsequent politicisation, the Commission progressively abandons a purely technocratic behaviour. First, it puts in place political strategies such as delays and blame-shifting to release itself from the burden of unpopular decisions. Secondly, it seeks to respond to concerns expressed by consumers by proposing compromise-based measures closer to public interest. Ultimately, we show how the outcome of the policy process is mediated by politicisation and characterised by a shift from technocratic to responsive decision making. |
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Bazzan, Giulia Migliorati, Marta |
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Bazzan, Giulia Migliorati, Marta |
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Bazzan, Giulia |
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Expertise, politics and public opinion at the crossroads of the European Commission’s decision-making: The case of Glyphosate. |
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Expertise, politics and public opinion at the crossroads of the European Commission’s decision-making: The case of Glyphosate. |
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Expertise, politics and public opinion at the crossroads of the European Commission’s decision-making: The case of Glyphosate. |
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Expertise, politics and public opinion at the crossroads of the European Commission’s decision-making: The case of Glyphosate. |
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Expertise, politics and public opinion at the crossroads of the European Commission’s decision-making: The case of Glyphosate. |
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expertise, politics and public opinion at the crossroads of the european commission’s decision-making: the case of glyphosate. |
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International Review of Public Policy |
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