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    The European Commission in the 21st Century

    Core Beliefs on EU Governance

    Liesbet Hooghe

    Abstract

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    Table 1: EU Governance Views

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    Table2:EUGovernanceOponsbySeniority,Gender,andEnlargement

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    Table3:AtudesByEUGovernanceType

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    Figure2:EUGovernanceTypesandNaonality

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    Table4:IdeologybySeniority,Gender,andEnlargement

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    Rank

    d

    Men Women EU-15 EU-12 P

    P

    EU-15

    P

    P

    EU-12

    E /g d

    Mean 5.47 5.45 5.47 5.48 5.44 5.19** 6.27** 5.10 4.99

    Median 5.00 6.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 7.00 5.00 4.70

    S.D. 1.98 2.13 1.97 2.02 1.92 1.93 1.91 2.07 2.10

    N 1676 122 1555 1060 616 1248 428 114 73

    S- d

    Mean 3.68 3.51 3.69 3.72 3.61 3.53** 4.13** 5.66 5.08

    Median 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 5.75 5.00

    S.D. 2.49 2.45 2.50 2.45 2.57 2.37 2.77 2.00 2.15

    N 1676 122 1555 1060 610 1248 428 114 73

    N: ** dc dc f c bw b

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    c cdb w d c-b EU-15 c.10 B df-

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    cv. O v xcd d. A c f , dvd b Kc

    . (1999) d Vcdv (2005), v c c dc cc -

    d -dcc c v d c fc.

    EU-12 c v b cc d c cvv EU-15

    c. W d f w cvv, b q b b

    W c.

    3.1 UnderstandingIdeologicalVariaonintheCommission

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    c dc b cvv dd f. 11 Ex f

    C c dc bf f bd c f d, b d

    c d dc v C. L x c f v: -

    , DG c, d EU vc vw.

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    cdb f c b (M . 2006). T w w c c f EU-15

    w EU-15 c d c f EU-12 w EU-12 c . T c

    f c v f c wd f v c 2006.

    Sc: 2006 C Ex v c (H . 2010).

    11 T b dc cd b cd b xc C. Ab

    c b f dc cv, Afd . (2005).

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    Figure4:IdeologybyNaonality

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    d w 95 c cdc v. D- d cd b d wc v d d c f v v (-d -

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    Naonal polical economy and economic ideology. F 4 v c-

    c / b . T -d S c d cc b C

    d E E c. Hwv, Scdv c d, , c f

    -b B d d d w R-c G d Dc. Hc d c xc d c c-c-

    c d: B c f b, G d Fc f R c,

    Scdv f c dcc, d S f Md d d d f-

    (B/J 2005; C 2010). A d bv, dc bw EU-12 c d EU-15

    c bw c , b dc c b bd

    dv cz. T w EU-12 c -b EU-15

    c b .

    Policy families and economic ideology. Oc -cc DG, c c, -

    c c, v, - -c DG, c d

    c (Tb 5). T cd w c cc w C -

    vc dd b c dc fc. W (2005) w b DG

    C c vdd j f cd EU c c (

    W/N 2007). R (1995), H (1996), d F (1998) v dcd w c

    C vc v b vd b c-dcc d d EU c d c

    c. Sd f EU d d -dc c dcb w C vc v

    d v d (Ccw 2007; C/Tw 2009).

    DG core acvity and ideology. A f dc w cc

    DG ccd c cv.12 Ecc c vd d DG, w

    cc w c fd d DG. R DG

    dc cvv, w c x d , DG c

    Sc G, Ad L Svc c b.

    EU governance views. S-c cc f , d

    .13 T c w fv v c -

    c, w fv c EU cc

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    E d cvv dvd b v (I 1970; M . 2006;

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    d d c 0.001 v; c-c

    d 0.05 v. I d c d

    d.

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    Table5:DGLocaonandIdeology

    E /g S b/

    A DG M = 5.47 M = 3.68

    M-c DG

    M-cc DG

    S

    S

    6.02 (.000)

    5.02 (.000)

    3.76 (.411)

    3.55 (.215)

    Sd DG

    R DG

    Lv DG

    I DG

    Ex DG

    S

    S

    5.08 (.000)

    5.83 (.000)

    5.35 (.404)

    5.35 (.221)

    5.44 (.786)

    S cvv

    M b

    M b

    3.62 (.789)

    3.96 (.005)

    3.55 (.586)

    3.40 (.049)

    3.28 (.041)

    N: F bc -v f - w f c DG c d f

    f c d DG .

    Pc cc c f v. T v C c v f c

    c, d v c d bd v d.

    M-cc DG c c c cv, qb f v c-

    c q, d -c DG b. Svc db -

    c-dc, d vc cc cvv. O cc

    d, DG c dc . T xc: dc

    dc bw EU-12 d EU-15 c.

    I v c-c d dd. T

    d c c cdb c b cz, b b xcd

    v dvcd dc, bc c f, -d w w d f

    c v c d c, f , d c (Kc 1994; Oc 2006).

    Sc-c v c v w b DG : x DG dw c b-

    , d DG c cvv. N d d c bw d ,

    bw dvd w xc, b EU vc . W

    x v c-c v f fc w :

    c cvv vd EU-12 c, d c, c f --

    c, d -f-c c. T v fw dc E

    C EU c cx c dc c-c v.

    3.2 TheMeaningofthePolical

    C c dd f cd cv dc bf. Fw w c

    (N=34) fd w b q, wc b w dd dc

    f b d wc cf d (N=17). I b w

    d d b dcb dc d c vw c. A

    b x C c q cb f d bw -

    c c v d c. T f ccd d vd jb;

    c c d c cd.

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    W cvd f f fc--fc vw w . W d 40 dc

    d dc- w c j c d f w. Tw- (.. 70 c)

    v c, x b v v, cc f jb,

    j w w d c d f w cd. Mv, d b c f v v w E

    P (68 c d, 24 c ),14 dd d c

    f d b Cc d E P. Of 116 dvd fc--fc vw, 86

    c d w E P d/ Cc f M

    f w w f E C w 11 c . A B d E (2011: 25)

    z, C c fc f cc c f II bc, ..

    d c b d bw w-bd d c-bd dd f

    c w ( Abbc . 1981).

    E c d . W w dd c wc vd f

    c w b f , w d w w

    b f f w C. P w d f c

    x . E c cd cd- b; w cdd b

    cc wc (83 c), (49 c), d

    (20 c), b b d dc bcd (13 c), d d d

    c Ndc Md (10 c).15

    T f cbd fc--fc vw w 116 d dd -

    . W d dc b b, 85 c c v v b b f

    d c b cv v b.16 T b c w

    d (B/E 2011).17 Tb 6 w q b v

    f C w. P c d b f cb

    b f c, b v c d

    d.

    14 Mdd d c f v. A j c, w

    w v w E P (52 c d, d 37 c

    ).

    15 Mdd d v (=228).

    16 T q d: If d d , d b c ? w fw

    :

    N, v.

    I , .

    Y, b I cv.

    Y, d I cv.

    O d b wd f cd q w cvd b v v, b f -

    d cd vw w (1.7 c) c d. P cvd v-

    f f bc d f c c f bc.

    17 Hd cv vdc c. B d E f 2005 d f G c, w 48.5

    c f vwd G c d b b f c .

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    Table6:TheRoleofParsanship

    Howimportantistheparty

    aliaonorpartysympathyofocialsintheCommission?

    Howimportantisparty

    aliaonforcabinetmembers?

    Partyaliaonisveryimportant 0.9 4.3

    Itisimportant 3.4 15.5

    Somemesitplaysarole,somemesnot 20.7 38.8

    Itisnotveryimportant 46.6 20.7

    It does not play any role at all 25.0 8.6

    Dontknow/refusetosay 3.5 20.2

    N: Pc. 116 d f dd d (92 c f EU-15).

    Sc c bw w q ,18 c b cbd fc c

    f cz. F fc c dc f cvd cz. F, d

    f dc dc- bv . Scd,

    cc cz. T c w vw

    --b q c- bz -

    cc d; b j c dv f v fc b

    (Scf 2010). Td, c f c w d f czd d

    d cz C.19 O vdc d b w

    jc xc f c C, w c f

    c w czd cv vc xd cz C. T

    wd c xc, d cd xc C cd

    b cc.

    F, c jd C, cv cz.

    D c cd d bf D dc

    (bf 1995); c cd bw D d B (1995-2004); c

    w d d B dc (2005 wd) d :

    cv cz d , w cd dd.

    T c bw d dc cz C d cc

    d vw. D c d czd , b cx w d

    b bq f. T c C bcc f f (d ) c,

    b d d c c cd b bf (B/E 2011).

    Hwv, d c bf w w xc w.

    18 P c 0.34 (=100).

    19 Pcz c dvd b B . (2008) f EU c. T ddv dx x

    f z , dd v dc . Ec cdd 1 (.. czd) f

    cd bc d. 1. S cd f d f (); 2. S cd f cd (); 3. S c b dd b

    w c (); 4. S c b cd w v c (); 5. T cb

    c (); 6. A fzd cb x (); 7. T f cb

    fzd (). Gc czd d B (B/E 2011).

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    4. C O d P S

    T f bcc c dc bc f xd c cc bd-

    c d w, d x f c c d (Cv . 1989; N 1994; Pc 2003; Fc 2007). W x

    w , b w dc c E

    U, d cd b v w cc dc f c c. T

    vdc w bcc w. C c d c

    c , d d f c d b czd dd b d d EU

    vc vw b c .

    C c w d v b c d db db f b-

    w b d EU v c:

    WeareinterestedinyourviewsonthedistribuonofauthoritybetweenmemberstatesandtheEU

    on a range of policies.

    Pleasestartbygivingusyourassessmentoftheactualdistribuonin2008.Whereiseachpolicy

    decided?

    Whereshouldthispolicybedecided?

    Rd w d c v- c f 0 (xcv /b-

    ) 10 (xcv EU). B bc c f db c w d C

    c d wd q. Pv v dc d f cz d v

    v f dcz. F & c c d & c d . T

    dd f c, d d c. I, c w

    bc cz c.

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    Table7:DesiredShisinEUAuthorityinElevenPolicyFields

    A

    scope

    Dd

    scope

    Dd

    -

    z

    Dd

    rank-

    ing of

    Senior

    O Men Women EU-15 EU-12

    EU A Mean

    St. Dev.

    5.42

    (1.22)

    7.00

    (1.30)

    6.8

    (1.37)

    7.0

    (1.30)

    7.01

    (1.27)

    7.00

    (1.38)

    7.0

    (1.30)

    6.9

    (1.34)

    1.C

    2. Td

    3. Ac

    4. Ev

    5. R dv

    6. Dv

    7. E

    8. A &

    9. Pc & jdc c

    10. F & c

    11. Sc c

    8.0

    8.0

    7.7

    6.2

    5.2

    5.1

    4.9

    4.1

    4.0

    3.4

    3.2

    8.3

    8.4

    6.9

    7.7

    5.7

    6.7

    7.6

    7.1

    6.5

    7.0

    5.0

    +0.3

    +0.4

    0.8

    +1.5

    +0.5

    +1.6

    +2.7

    +3.0

    +2.5

    +3.6

    +1.8

    2

    1

    7

    3

    10

    8

    4

    5

    9

    6

    11

    7.4*

    6.4**

    4.6*

    7.8*

    7.1**

    5.1*

    6.8*

    7.1*

    7.1*

    6.8*

    5.6**

    7.1*

    7.1**

    6.0**

    6.8*

    6.7**

    N: dc f , d - d wb *c .05 v; ** c 0.01 v. O dc

    c d.

    4.1 CentralizaonAcrosstheBoard?

    E C c w EU b v f 1.58 v- c,

    wc f 14 c. T c w bc dc f bcc c.

    Hwv, b d f E. Dd c f c

    czd, c d. Sc c cvd b dc-

    zd C c cz , d czd c

    (c, d, c) d v d. A dvd v, v

    v. C bw c d dd c bw -0.36 d -0.51 (dd

    bc). T v, c w f

    dczd c, b d, c v dv vw d

    dc c c-bd w-xz f.

    M cd EU w, d j f-

    c. Hwv, j c cz v, f & c, c c,

    d cd bc EU c c, d c b cz

    f & c. I bv , EU-12 c cd EU

    EU-15 c. Hwv, cz & f &

    c, w c dd f cz. T bcd b fc

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    fv f EU c EU-15 c. W qd c, wc -

    bc b-xz d

    c.

    I v f v v dd c c, bf d d w-

    f d DG c ( dx).

    EU governance views. B f wf dc f w c cz c w

    w -c . A q, -c

    v f cz 0.69 w f d 1.24 w

    d c f 11.

    Ideology. Sc b c fv f cz cvv, d -w

    c d b fv cc . T c b

    v w w c f EU vc . I wd, fc -c d b

    -b d d b d ww independentc f

    cc dd c cz.

    Religion and state building. Oc f c cz.

    T c d d c , cd wd

    f d bd N d C E (R/Uw 1983).

    Country size. Oc f c fv f cz , wc

    c w bc d . M d fc w: c f

    d fv f cz, bc f EU bd

    c fd, c w w vc cc.

    East vs. West. EU-12 c cz c c b dcd

    d, EU vc, d, c ccc.

    Core acvity. Ex DG (d, Rx, dv, ) c-

    z v c. T fc d :

    c dc f f f DG. N c dc c

    cc d -cc DG, w DG d , -cc d -c

    DG.

    I x v d f EU c c, DG c w. Hwv, d-

    c c f c f v dd c. Tb 8 c

    v dd c f -c c (c, d), -cc c (v-

    , dv, dv, c c), d c c ( & ,

    c & jc, f & c) c f DG.

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    Table8:DesiredPolicyScopeDisaggregatedbyPolicyFamily

    A Mk-g

    Mk-g

    S

    C

    [S.Dv.]

    7.00

    [1.30]

    8.39

    [1.48]

    6.30

    [1.53]

    6.83

    [1.94]

    M-c DG

    M-cc DG

    6.9

    7.0

    8.5

    8.3

    6.0

    6.3

    6.8

    6.8

    Sd DG

    R DG

    Lv DG

    I DG

    Ex DG

    7.0

    6.9

    7.0

    7.1

    7.4

    8.3

    8.4

    8.3

    8.4

    8.9

    6.3

    6.1

    6.3

    6.4

    6.6

    6.9

    6.8

    6.6

    6.9

    7.3

    S-c

    I

    S

    6.2

    6.9

    7.4

    7.9

    8.3

    8.7

    5.5

    6.2

    6.7

    5.8

    6.6

    7.4

    N: Av f c b. dc cc v f - w f c

    c d f v f c d . =

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    b c w fc C d czd ? D ?

    T w : . Tb 9 dd - c dd EU

    bw DG w c d . O-d d bc xc-

    c f DG w c d b c b EU c f DG.

    Table9:DoesBureaucracPolicsWork?

    Pc Dd EU d

    S z Ow-DG O Scc

    (-d)

    Td

    C*

    Ac

    Sc c

    R dv

    Ev

    F & c c

    A &

    Pc & jdc c

    47

    53

    93

    70

    59

    81

    65

    50

    50

    9.5

    8.1

    7.7

    5.3

    6.0

    7.8

    7.6

    7.5

    6.5

    8.4

    8.3

    6.9

    5.0

    5.7

    7.7

    6.9

    7.0

    6.5

    .000

    .279

    .000

    .158

    .064

    .414

    .000

    .057

    .426

    N: dd EU 0-10 c w 0 (xcv / b) 10 (xcv EU). Dc f

    c .001 v bdd.

    * W c c c, c w-DG d b fv f cz c d DG.

    T d - w-d.

    W c c dd w DG d f wc w v c -

    f : c, d, c, c c, c, v, jc & c

    c, c, d f & df c.20 T f c cf x-

    c (d, c, f & c). N c cc 0.05 v.21 O

    c dc: c DG c wd less EU f

    c d c d DG. T dc c, b d ddd cdc

    cc vdc vd d d f bcc c!

    20 T cd b d z f DG, b fc c b fd c v-

    DG ( f DG), c dv w c bc f / EU

    .

    21 O J 1, 2010, f DG f Jc, Fd d Sc w d w DG, f f-

    f (DG H), wc d w d , d f jc d fd (DG Jc),

    wc d w cz d jdc c. O v w cdcd bf d w

    DG f & c d f c & jdc c.

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    5. C

    T v c bf f C c: bc cc f EU vc, d

    c d. I x w vw c d c f EU c . W d cdb v d b c, d

    db vv .

    T E C b d f E w

    C dv . W d d vdc f . T f w f

    36 c. T w C f C b v f E d d w

    b b c . T c-b w 13.3 c -c, w w

    , d w 30 c w bv neither C f

    C nor b d b f EU v. S 20 c vd

    .

    N bcd wf d -c f , w DG c

    x w . S-c f c

    w d v vc, , d P cc, d

    b f cv v. S c f c w v v-

    c, c, c w vc cv, d -P c. T

    dcv , , f vc, xc, b df-

    f d ( d ) d d (

    w d c b -c). S-c d

    w c . I d f b c

    f bcd, b cc f f : w c DG w d

    cc wd dc w . T v c c w .

    T c B f -c : w c b, b -

    v, f f .

    W v dc f bc C, b

    d P, d bdd. E db d c f v f .

    T d ) C d v w f v; b) C c d

    b wcf f c; d c) c d b c f C.

    Hwv, -c - d c ; d

    w c bw C d b c f ;

    wd b c bc d c . S b fw f

    M, H, D, d c H bd f f v-

    c, b -c C dc f d G, Tc, K.

    T E C b ccd f b b, d b cd f -

    c. N . E C c dc c cc /,

    b . T f c f E c, EU-15. Oc

    f EU-12 -b c, b d neo-b. T

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    C dcv c b/cvv d, w c d

    b bd b xcd f dcd, cd, b, d bc

    c f.

    T db f d f f d c vc. Pc b c f v-

    , d v C c v f c c. I v f

    v d. M-cc DG c c c cv f v-

    , d -c DG b. Svc db

    c-dc, d vc cc cvv. O cc d, DG

    c dc . T xc: EU-12 c -

    b EU-15 c. O c d, dc f dc

    d f cx. T xc: EU-12 c cvv

    EU-15 c.

    T E C c f bcc c wc dc bc

    xz w. T vdc xd. E C c d

    w, , EU v c w d v.

    T dd c b d dc: v f 1.6 11- c (f 5.4 7).

    T c v b c c d c c. EU vc vw d d

    vd c f C c generalfc w c -

    d b czd EU v dczd d b v. N

    ( c w EU ) d cz (P c w

    ) , b cd. DG c x which c C c wd

    cz, d wc . T d cz cv d d; b dv

    b d v c xz C w. B f DG c

    x v c c, d cc dc f c dfd c

    c v d bv f c? T w : . O b f d, w

    ccd c f bcc c b vd.

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    Adx: M A

    TableA:ExplainingPerceponsofPolicizaonintheCommission

    B d. -v

    P b 0.274 0.297 0.358

    L/ d 0.110 0.050 0.030

    C -0.367 0.204 0.076

    D c 0.567 0.310 0.071

    Izz c 0.237 0.365 0.517

    N cz 0.099 0.055 0.077

    Constant -1.000 0.589 0.093

    R2

    Adj. R2

    .164

    .107

    N: =100; b: v f 1 w c b b f c (f-); c :

    1 f dc dc-, d 0 f d f ; cz: 18 f d z.

    TableB:ExplainingVariaoninGeneralDesireforEUPolicyScope

    B d. -v

    C -0.209 0.127 0.101

    Gd 0.003 0.072 0.972

    EU-12 -0.279 0.128 0.030

    S 1.157 0.109 0.000

    I 0.674 0.111 0.000

    O (fc-) 0.819 0.118 0.000

    L/ d -0.033 0.018 0.058

    Lb/cvv d -0.031 0.014 0.025

    C z -0.003 0.000 0.007

    P -0.435 0.175 0.013

    Gvc cc -0.153 0.103 0.137

    Mv vc 0.001 0.005 0.809

    Sd DG 0.039 0.086 0.648

    R DG -0.038 0.098 0.701

    Lv DG -0.108 0.104 0.296

    I DG 0.041 0.129 0.750

    Ex DG 0.300 0.122 0.014

    Constant 6.955 .237 0.000

    R2

    Adj. R2

    .137

    .126

    N: =1678; c : z b A; d, EU-12, , , ,

    /, b/cvv, c z, vc cc, v vc: H (2012) f z;

    P: 3 f dd z. DG: 11 f d z.

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