Hagemann, Sara 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0104-1782, Hobolt, Sara ORCID: 0000-0002-9742-9502 and Wratil, Christopher
(2016)
Does the UK lose out in the Council? How opposition to EU proposals acts as a signal to domestic audiences.
LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog
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Abstract
Those campaigning for a leave vote in Britain’s upcoming referendum often state that the UK has never been on the winning side when it has voted against a proposal in the Council of the European Union. Remain campaigners, however, have responded by arguing that agreements are made by consensus in the Council and that the UK has a strong level of influence. Sara Hagemann, Sara B. Hobolt and Christopher Wratil write that in reality votes against a proposal in the Council act largely as signals to a government’s domestic audience, and this explains why UK governments have voted against proposals more than other member states.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | European Institute |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2017 16:24 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2025 09:48 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70521 |
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