Au cœur du processus de décision européen : le Comité des représentants permanents (COREPER)

In: Revue française d'administration publique, Band 63, Heft 1, S. 383-390

Abstract

At the Center of the European Decision making Process : the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER)
Formally, the role of COREPER is to prepare Council decisions. In practice, however, COREPER is responsible for attempting to resolve problems and not only to prepare discussions. COREPER members, thus, hold community and national responsibilities. The permanent representatives also play the role of mediators between government and members of parliament, in particular to explain to MEPs the positions of governments that they represent. The increasing divergence in political and administrative cultures, the language problem, difficult to resolve with the progressive enlargement of the EC could lead to the asphyxiation of community procedures unless the EC untertakes substantial structural reforms.