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Setting the Agenda for a New Europe: The ERT and EC 1992
Author(s) -
COWLES MARIA GREEN
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
jcms: journal of common market studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1468-5965
pISSN - 0021-9886
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5965.1995.tb00548.x
Subject(s) - politics , state (computer science) , political science , round table , european union , public administration , political economy , regional science , economy , sociology , economics , international trade , business , law , session (web analytics) , algorithm , computer science , advertising
Scholars have disagreed over the origins of the single market programme and, in particular, over the role played by business groups in influencing the 1992 project. This article provides a systematic examination of the major policy actors behind the 1992 project, notably the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT). It is argued that, contrary to intergovernmentalist interpretations, the ERT was largely responsible for setting the agenda for the single market programme. The article concludes that traditional theories of European integration cannot capture the political role of non‐state actors in EU regulatory policymaking, and suggests an alternative approach is necessary.