Assessing EU council presidencies: (Conditions for) success and influence

Abstract

[...]more precise operationalizations of Presidency influence and success should be developed in order to enhance our understanding of the nature of Presidency performance. [...]researchers studying Presidency performance should clarify their influence/success approach and take the effect of this approach on the results into account. [...]a number of studies takes a comparative approach for analysing Presidency behaviour (Elgström, 2003), influence and leadership (for example, Bunse, 2009; Tallberg, 2006b), and success (Quaglia and Moxon-Browne, 2006; Drulák and Sabic, 2010).