Intergovernmentalists in the Commission: foxes in the Henhouse?

• Autores: Renaud Dehousse, Andrew Thompson
• Localización: Revue d'integration europeenne= Journal of european integration, ISSN 0703-6337, Vol. 34, Nº 2, 2012 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Diverging Views of Europe: The EU against itself?), págs. 113-132
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Contrary to the dominant view in the scholarly literature on European institutions, where the European Commission is generally described as a unitary actor whose acts are primarily influenced by a political agenda and/or considerations of self-interest, this article argues that a variety of opinions coexist within the Commission staff. Based on the largest attitudinal survey ever conducted on Commission officials, it documents the existence of a sizeable minority of intergovernmentalists and analyzes their attitude towards the institution they serve and their views on its place in the integration process.