Kauppi, Heikki; Widgrén, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008
The member states have self-interested objectives and they use their voting power in the Council of Ministers (CM) to maximize their shares from the EU budget, whereas European Parliament (EP) uses its power to support benevolent objectives and equality between member states. Given the current...