tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post2357669725106235171..comments2023-09-09T14:46:37.354+02:00Comments on Julien Frisch: Who will be in the External Action Service?Julien Frischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-40086148339897383452010-04-28T14:52:37.804+02:002010-04-28T14:52:37.804+02:00It is a threefold problem:
a) The Council as inte...It is a threefold problem:<br /><br />a) The Council as intergovernmental body is rather a diplomatic institution - and diplomacy has never been transparent.<br /><br />b) The culture in the member states is quite different. You have stronger notions of transparency in the Nordic countries and a culture of secrecy in countries like Germany. Finding majorities against intransparency.<br /><br />c) Part of the power of the Council lies in its intransparency. If you work on certain issues for a long time you can create interlocked and well-established compromises that are hard to disentangle when they become public. Criticism then can easily be refuted with the argument that these were difficult compromises that shouldn't be re-negotiated. If the Council was public, it had to deal with public criticism from the first day, weakening its standing with regard to the European Parliament.Julien Frischnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-64815833993749138722010-04-28T14:25:42.933+02:002010-04-28T14:25:42.933+02:00I don't understand the Councyl policy on trans...I don't understand the Councyl policy on transparency... it is an issue you have raised some times. When they will wake up?Macarena Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12009533799367798580noreply@blogger.com