Competing Models of European Environmental Governance
Competing Models of European Environmental Governance
In the European Union, the system of environmental governance is the product of political action but not of political design. Instead of confronting the major questions of constitutional principle involved in the integration of European societies, the Monnet method involves policy-makers focusing on apparently technical matters of low politics in order to promote greater political cooperation among member states. Therefore, in some ways, environmental policy can be regarded as a textbook illustration of the Monnet method at work. With its background in the low politics of the harmonisation of technical standards within the single market, it spilled over into an institutionalised domain of policy in its own right. One important aspect of spillover is that it is no respecter of the distinction between primary and secondary rules.
Keywords: European Union, environmental governance, political action, environmental policy, political cooperation, Monnet method
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