TY - JOUR A1 - Rasmussen, Anne A1 - Reh, Christine T1 - The consequences of concluding codecision early: trilogues and intra-institutional bargaining success JF - Journal of European Public Policy N2 - One of the most important changes in the history of codecision has been the steep increase in early agreements since 1999. Early agreements have enhanced the efficiency of European Union legislation, but they have been criticized for giving a subset of actors disproportionate control over the legislative agenda and negotiation process. Yet, no study has systematically shown whether and how early agreements have indeed redistributed influence between actors within the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers. Our contribution fills this gap by comparing actors’ bargaining success across readings under codecision in a dataset of salient files. Contrary to our theoretical predictions, we do not find evidence of distributional consequences when controlling for inter-institutional conflict and file characteristics. Where codecision is concluded early, the final legislative outcomes are not located closer to the policy positions held by the party group of the Parliament's rapporteur or by the Council Presidency. KW - Bargaining success, codecision, early agreements, party groups, presidency, rapporteur Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2013.795391 SN - 0143-814 VL - 20 IS - 7 SP - 1006 EP - 1023 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Burns, Charlotte A1 - Rasmussen, Anne A1 - Reh, Christine T1 - Legislative codecision and its impact on the political system of the European Union JF - Journal of European Public Policy N2 - The European Union (EU) has experienced a remarkable degree of change during its history: it legislates in an ever wider range of policy areas, and its institutions and decision-making processes have been reformed repeatedly. One of the most important institutional changes was the introduction of the codecision procedure in 1993, which empowered the European Parliament (EP) and transformed the EU system of governance. Following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon the majority of legislation is now subject to codecision under the ordinary legislative procedure. Consequently, the operation of codecision has major implications for our understanding and analysis of the EU's legislative outputs and for studies of supranational policy-making and systemic evolution more generally. This collection takes stock of 20 years of practising and studying codecision and examines the procedure's long-term implications for the EU's institutions, politics and policies. KW - Bicameralism, codecision, legitimacy, political system Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2013.795366 VL - 20 IS - 7 SP - 941 EP - 952 ER -