The Implementation of EU Policy: Do Parties Matter?

Lead Research Organisation: Birkbeck, University of London
Department Name: Politics

Abstract

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Description The ideology of the ruling party or parties affects the way in which EU directives are transposed and then implemented at the national level. This is so because governments retain a degree of discretion (which they use) in that stage of the policy process.
Exploitation Route This research shows that who is in power matters for those who want to understand how decisions collectively made in Brussels are put into effect at the national level and this ought to shape our understanding of how the EU operates and the way in which it affects the lives of ordinary citizens across the Continent. It also contradicts those who say that membership of the EU necessarily undermines democracy at the national level.
Sectors Agriculture

Food and Drink

Chemicals

Communities and Social Services/Policy

Construction

Energy

Environment

Financial Services

and Management Consultancy

Government

Democracy and Justice

Manufacturing

including Industrial Biotechology

Retail

Transport
 
Description They are part of an ongoing academic debate but they have also been used for the purposes of shedding light on the true preferences of one of the two currently ruling parties in the UK in relation to their preferences for the future of this country.
First Year Of Impact 2011
Sector Education
Impact Types Societal