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To what extent does being aligned in EU negotiations predict favourable outcomes for the Southern Euro countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece) in Council of the EU negotiations? This article attempts to answer this question by leveraging data from the DEU (Decision-Making in the European Union) dataset, and comparing this group of countries to two other well-established alliances at the EU level: the Nordics and the Visegrad Four. Results indicate that the Southern alliance generally lacks cohesion compared to the other groups, but when it is able to find a coherent position, it becomes more effective in obtaining its members' desired legislative outcomes. Preliminary evidence also suggests that this effect occurs because aligning gives groups of countries more voting power, and because their social capital makes them more effective in negotiations.
(2025) Bicchi, Nicolas; Arregui, JavierHow can differences in Member States (MS) capacities to coordinate European Union (EU) decision-making processes influence their bargaining success? Based on a new dataset collected with Council representatives and policy experts in Brussels, this research shows how informal MS capacities can partly shape legislative outcomes in the EU under certain conditions. This research provides evidence that informal capacities, such as the effectiveness of MS permanent representations and/or their capacity to coordinate with other actors in the legislative decision-making, matter for bargaining success. Using a mixed-method design, this research illustrates how both the structure preference allocation and thresholds of formal power are conditions of informal power resource activation.
(2021) Arregui, Javier; Perarnaud, ClémentEl trabajo analiza el impacto producido por la Ley 8/2021 sobre el ordenamiento plurilegislativo español, atendiendo primero a las dificultades para encajar los distintos planos normativos, estatal y autonómico, en función del carácter exclusivo de la competencia ejercida en materia de legislación civil. Se constata a continuación el alcance que puede tener la legislación procesal sobre la pluralidad legislativa y se abordan las consecuencias derivadas de la supresión del sistema procesal de modificación de la capacidad sobre los Derechos civiles autonómicos. Una vez se han fijado los límites de la pluralidad normativa en un ámbito tan complejo como el del apoyo a las personas con discapacidad en el que es preciso contar con instrumentos normativos de distinto orden material y procesal, se analiza la regulación de los conflictos de leyes internos suscitados a raíz de la pluralidad normativa en materia civil. El análisis está destinado a comprobar si en el ámbito interregional son operativas unas normas que están concebidas para el tráfico internacional.
(2021) Font i Segura, Albert