Voting and coalitions in the Council after the enlargement -- Voting, statements and coalition-building in the Council from 1999 to 2006 -- Veto player theory and consensus behaviour -- Deliberation and bargaining in the article 113 Committee and the 1996/97 IGC representatives group -- Risk regulation, GMOs and the limits of deliberation -- Power of the chair: formal leadership by the Council presidency -- Steering, but not dominating: the impact of the Council presidency on EU legislation -- The facilitator of efficient negotiations in the Council: the impact of the Council Secretariat -- Relative power of member states in the council: large and small, old and new

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