The European Council and deliberative intergovernmentalism: an interview with Uwe Puetter by the Library at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

The European Council and deliberative intergovernmentalism: an interview with Uwe Puetter by the Library at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

On 6 November, the European Parliament’s Committee for Constitutional Affairs held a workshop on the constitutional challenges for the EU in the new term. On the occasion, the Library at the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, an information service for staff and delegates at the Council, had a chance to exchange views with Professor Uwe Puetter of Budapest’s Central European University, around his new book 'The European Council and the Council: New Intergovernmentalism and Institutional Change'. The dialogue touched on the European Council, its history, its past and next Presidents, and what the emerging deliberative intergovermentalism means for European democracy.

Read the full interview here.