@article{2024:wimmel:the_ger,
title = {„The German Vote“ im Rat der Europäischen Union},
year = {2024},
note = {For some years now, officials in Brussels have labelled abstentions in
the Council of the European Union as “German vote”. Contrary to
this attribution, an analysis of all votes cast from 2010 to 2023
shows that members such as Poland, Hungary and, above all, the United
Kingdom were outvoted more often. However, if the institutional and
domestic political conditions for avoiding no votes and abstentions
are taken into account, Germany performs surprisingly poorly.
Therefore, Germany had to implement and apply more directives and
regulations than many other member states without the consent of its
own representative in the Council. New challenges arise for the
Commission because broader majorities must be organised in order to
get legislative acts across the finish line without German approval.},
journal = {integration},
pages = {192--206},
author = {Wimmel, Andreas},
volume = {47},
number = {3}
}