Submitted by christian on Tue, 09/30/2014 - 14:40
EU governments willingly provide policy briefings to their own national delegations in the European Parliament. Traditionally, much national briefing was essentially formal, taking the form of written memoranda outlining the view of national administrations on Commission proposals, or on parliamentary reports once tabled for the EP’s plenary. What has changed in recent years, however, is that national officials and politicians have started to seek to influence EP proceedings more intensively, at an earlier stage, and in tandem with their evolving position in the Council of Ministers.
