Perarnaud, Clément2021-07-082021-07-082021Perarnaud C. A step back to look ahead: mapping coalitions on data flows and platform regulation in the Council of the EU (2016-2019). Internet Policy Review. 2021;10(2):1-21. DOI: 10.14763/2021.2.15662197-6775http://hdl.handle.net/10230/48118As new legislative battles arise on the EU digital policy front, this article draws on recent EU negotiations related to the making of the Digital Single Market (DSM) to document the main lines of division between member states in this field, as well as coalition patterns in the Council of the EU. This research draws on a novel data set on the policy preferences and salience of member states in key controversial negotiations related to the regulation of data flows and internet platforms. It provides relevant analytical tools to approach future EU digital policy-making processes by investigating recent coalition patterns in the Council and beyond.application/pdfengThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (Germany) [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/deed.en] which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.A step back to look ahead: mapping coalitions on data flows and platform regulation in the Council of the EU (2016-2019)info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.14763/2021.2.1566Council of the EUCoalitionsDigital Single MarketData flowsInternet platformsDigital platformsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess