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20 Eur. Foreign Aff. Rev. 399 (2015)
Beyond Intergovernmental Cooperation: The Influence of the European Parliament and the Commission on EU Foreign and Security Policies

handle is hein.kluwer/eurofa0020 and id is 567 raw text is: Beyond Intergovernmental Cooperation: The Influence of the European Parliament and the Commission on EU Foreign and Security Policies Marianne RIDDERVOLD & Guri ROStN* Although the Lisbon Treaty removed the pillar structure, the Member States have kept the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) as an intergovernmental instrument, run by special procedures. At the same time, the reality of this description is increasingly questioned in the European Union's (EU) foreign policy literature. However, the role of supranational institutions in the CFSP remains to be studied systematically. There are no empirical studies that try to capture the de facto involvement and influence of both the Commission and the European Parliament (EP) in the CFSR Aiming to contribute to fl/l this gap in the literature, this article explores if and in what way the involvement and influence of the Commission and EP testify to the claim that the CFSP has moved beyond intergovernmental cooperation. Our findings challenge the way we conventionally perceive of EU foreign policy cooperation as a policy-area firmly placed in the hands of Member States' executives. Although the Member States formally remain in position to veto all fnal decisions, the EP and Commission's involvement and influence on CFSP decision-making questions the reality of this right. Our analysis thus questions whether decision-making within the CFSP is as special as a reading of the treaties might suggest. 1 INTRODUCTION Although the Lisbon Treaty removed the pillar structure, the Member States decided to keep the European Union's (EU) Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) as an intergovernmental instrument, run by special procedures: The Member States are formally both agenda-setters and decision-makers, and they all have the power to veto common policies. Consequently, powers have not been delegated to the supranational institutions.The European Parliament (EP) does not share decision-making powers with the Council, the Commission does not have the right of initiative, and the European Court ofJustice (ECJ) has no jurisdiction. Marianne Riddervold (marianne.riddervold@arena.uio.no) is Post Doc fellow at ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo. Guri Rosen (guri.rosen@arena.uio.no) is Post Doc fellow at ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo. Riddervold, Marianne & Rosen, Guri. 'Beyond Intergovernmental Cooperation: The Influence of the European Parliament and the Commission on EU Foreign and Security Policies'. European Foreign Affairs Review 20, no. 3 (2015): 399-418. 0 2015 Kluwer Law International BV, The Netherlands

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