European Union Public Policy
Professor John Wilton
Lecture 5
Policy implementation

European Union Public Policy
Lecture 5
Categories of difficulties:
•territorial and institutional differentiation;
•questions relating to structure and agency

European Union Public Policy
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1.The issues and problems arising from territorial and institutional differentiation
 - ‘long chain’ of increasing decision points in policy implementation
a) additional institutional bodies of the E.U.
- tensions between E.U. institutions
b) territorial basis/nature of E.U.
- tensions between E.U. institutions and Member state institutions (national, regional, city, town,
local)
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2. Questions relating to structure and agency
 a) inter-institutional relationship within the    E.U.;
 b) inter-institutional relationship between E.U.    institutions and policy implementing
institutions of national Member states

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Agency – ‘role of the individual’
- increased policy implementation ‘actors’ at increased decision points
- increased opportunities to re-fight battles lost in the policy formulation stage
- the problems of rigidity and flexibility

European Union Public Policy
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Successful policy implementation and the complexity and multifaceted E.U. process
1.Method
2.Strategy/tactics
3.Objectives and milestones
4.Patience and the long view
5.Teams and functions
6.Structures
7.A set of rules

European Union Public Policy
Lecture 5
E.U. public policy implementation:
a)faces many difficulties/ by no means perfect;
b)transfer E.U. law into Member state law imperfect;
c)implementation interpretation issues;
d)institutional policy implementation issues;
e)cultural institutional implementation interpretation issues;
f)inadequate E.U. implementation monitoring