Ziel des Artikels ist es, die Entstehung und den Wandel des Europäischen Rates als Gremium der Staats- und Regierungschefs der Europäischen Union (EU) zu untersuchen. Der Europäische Rat hat insoweit eine besondere Stellung im EU-Institutionengefüge, als er als Impulsgeber und...

Current research on the main bodies of the European Union (Council, Commission, Parliament) tends to concentrate either on relations within these bodies, or on relations between them. The result is that little attention is paid to how these two intersect; that is, to how changes in relations...

The recent extensive package introduced by the Commission is the "most comprehensive reinforcement of economic governance in the EU and the euro area since the launch of the Economic and Monetary Union. Broader and enhanced surveillance of fiscal policies, but also macroeconomic policies and...