Background Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) concepts, models and tools have been
used increasingly in health technology assessment (HTA), with several studies pointing out …

The EU faces a serious crisis of democratic legitimacy. Citizens believe that the EU is run by
distant and non-responsive political elites. The EU's perceived lack of responsiveness to …

The collection of articles in this special issue provides a comprehensive analysis of
European Union decision-making during the Eurozone crisis. We investigate national …

This article examines whether the empowerment of the European Union's (EU)
supranational institutions has had an impact on the development of EU asylum. By …

Setting the political agenda is a critical and usually powerful aspect of policy making.
However, the ability to set the agenda, without any significant decision-making powers, can …

The codecision procedure was designed to change the distribution of power among the
European Union (EU) institutions. In theory, the codecision procedure, at least the amended …

Abstract The European Union (EU) is a democratic organization but faces severe cases of
democratic backsliding. The literature deems the EU a hospitable environment for and …

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 …

This contribution investigates the impact of the Eastern enlargement on the decision-making
capacity of the European Union. On the basis of new data on the number and types of legal …

This paper introduces the updated version of our dataset, which is the third iteration of the
Decision-making in the European Union (DEU-III) dataset. We outline the DEU project …