| ZBÍRAL, Robert, Hubert SMEKAL and Sebastiaan PRINCEN. Differentiation through flexibility in implementation: Strategic and substantive uses of discretion in EU directives. European Union Politics. England: Sage Publications Ltd, 2023, vol. 24, No 1, p. 102-120. ISSN 1465-1165. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14651165221126072. |
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@article{2267183,
author = {Zbíral, Robert and Smekal, Hubert and Princen, Sebastiaan},
article_location = {England},
article_number = {1},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14651165221126072},
keywords = {directives; flexibility; implementation; EU},
language = {eng},
issn = {1465-1165},
journal = {European Union Politics},
title = {Differentiation through flexibility in implementation: Strategic and substantive uses of discretion in EU directives},
url = {https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/14651165221126072},
volume = {24},
year = {2023}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 2267183
AU - Zbíral, Robert - Smekal, Hubert - Princen, Sebastiaan
PY - 2023
TI - Differentiation through flexibility in implementation: Strategic and substantive uses of discretion in EU directives
JF - European Union Politics
VL - 24
IS - 1
SP - 102-120
EP - 102-120
PB - Sage Publications Ltd
SN - 14651165
KW - directives
KW - flexibility
KW - implementation
KW - EU
UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/14651165221126072
N2 - This article analyses the extent to which European Union (EU) directives allow for variation in domestic implementation. Such flexibility in implementation may be used to deal with heterogeneity among member states. Based on an original dataset of 164 directives adopted between 2006 and 2015, we find that the use of flexibility is associated more with efforts to accommodate differences between national policies (substantive use of discretion) than with attempts to facilitate the decision-making process in and between EU legislative institutions (strategic use of discretion). Although flexibility may be used to address some of the same concerns that drive differentiated integration (DI), the situations in which each is most likely to be used are distinct because they approach the divergences between member states differently.
ER -
ZBÍRAL, Robert, Hubert SMEKAL and Sebastiaan PRINCEN. Differentiation through flexibility in implementation: Strategic and substantive uses of discretion in EU directives. \textit{European Union Politics}. England: Sage Publications Ltd, 2023, vol.~24, No~1, p.~102-120. ISSN~1465-1165. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14651165221126072.
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