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Uwe Puetter

@uwepuetter.bsky.social
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Professor, Europa-Universität Flensburg, European Integration and European Politics, Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges www.uni-flensburg.de/en/powi/wer-wi…

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Ariadna Ripoll Servent @aripollservent.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
It is part of a special issue on European Council normalisation by Derek Beach, @uwepuetter.bsky.social and Sandrino Smeets. We examine how the European Council and the Commission work together once the dust of a the refugee crisis settles: and the answer is more paradoxical than expected. 2/7
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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Read my @jei-publication.bsky.social review article on two bold accounts of contemporary European integration by Sergio Fabbrini and Ulrich Haltern. The former calls for a federalist alternative for Europe, the latter remains cautious with regard to treaty reform. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Constitutionalism, federalism and the future of the post-Maastricht EU order
Sergio Fabbrini and Ulrich Haltern each have provided bold accounts about the status of contemporary post-Maastricht European Union (EU) integration. They review the reasons for why the EU currentl...
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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
@jcms-eu.bsky.social Annual Review of the EU 2024 is out! Quo Vadis Europa? Thanks to Sergio Fabbrini, Philipp Genschel & Markus Jachtenfuchs for debating 10 years of new intergovernmentalism with @dermothodson.bsky.social and me. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Read about the intricate politics of moving decisions on EU climate policy between the European Council and the Council depending on political circumstances in our @wepsocial.bsky.social piece on the EU core executive and the Green Deal @cterranova.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The EU core executive and the Green Deal
The Green Deal has been one of the European Union’s (EU) boldest, cross-sectoral policy responses. Public administration scholarship suggests that such endeavours rely on coercion by pivotal execut...
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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
In Germany the environment minister Schneider this week spoke out against moving the decision about the EU’s 2040 climate targets to the European Council. Instead he wants to keep the decision with ministers in the Environmental Council. #EUCO #ENVI @consilium.europa.eu www.zeit.de/politik/2025...
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Carsten Schneider: Umweltminister warnt Union vor Blockade eines neuen EU-Klimaziels
Auf EU-Ebene soll über ein neues Klimaziel abgestimmt werden, doch CDU und CSU wollen das verschieben. Der Bundesumweltminister kritisiert seine Koalitionspartner.
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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
In our @wepsocial.bsky.social piece ‘The EU core executive’ we define #EUCO as a presidential actor in EU politics. This is argument is linked to the new intergovernmentalism. On this read @dermothodson.bsky.social and me @jcms-eu.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The New Intergovernmentalism 10 Years On
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Chiara Terranova @cterranova.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
We test our framework on the European Green Deal, but we expect it can apply to other cross-sectoral policy challenges as well!
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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
In our new piece ‘The EU core executive and the Green Deal’ @wepsocial.bsky.social we link changes to the Commission presidency under @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to bold EU cross-sectoral policy responses and proximity to #EUCO @husseinkassim.bsky.social @janpollex.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140...
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The EU core executive and the Green Deal
The Green Deal has been one of the European Union’s (EU) boldest, cross-sectoral policy responses. Public administration scholarship suggests that such endeavours rely on coercion by pivotal execut...
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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
We adapt @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social and Rhodes seminal definition of the core executive to the EU context and take inspiration from integration theory and studies of EU institutional politics to define relations of key actors with intergovernmental and supranational allegiances.
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West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Online first: "The EU core executive and the Green Deal" by @uwepuetter.bsky.social & @cterranova.bsky.social This article introduces the concept of the EU core executive, as an ensemble of select actors, centrally steering Green Deal decision making. doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Abstract of the article "The EU core executive and the Green Deal". Published online first in West European Politics. Authors: Uwe Puetter and Chiara Terranova.

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The Green Deal has been one of the European Union’s (EU) boldest, cross-sectoral policy responses. Public administration scholarship suggests that such endeavours rely on coercion by pivotal executive actors. EU studies, instead, hold that executive leadership roles in the EU are dispersed between supranational and intergovernmental institutions. While the Commission shows resemblance to specialised executives which also have horizontal leadership, the Council is void of a model of cabinet government, which could commit sectoral interests. The European Council possesses overall political authority, yet it operates at some remove from policy expertise. In order to gain access to this puzzle this article introduces the concept of the EU core executive, as an ensemble of select actors, centrally steering Green Deal decision making. The research reveals the proximity of the European Council and the Commission presidency, illustrates the centrality of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) as a bridge actor, and provides further explanation for the growing centralisation of the Commission under Ursula von der Leyen.
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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
We are grateful to colleagues from the Tuesday seminar @unioslo-arena.bsky.social and the European governance seminar @unileiden.bsky.social for feedback on earlier versions of the text. @karolinapomorska.bsky.social @adinaakbik.bsky.social @dnaurin.bsky.social
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Chiara Terranova @cterranova.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Very happy to see our work published on @wepsocial.bsky.social! Together with @uwepuetter.bsky.social, we propose the concept of the EU core executive to explain how the Union responds to major cross-sectoral policy challenges like the Green Deal. doi.org/10.1080/0140... Here is what we find ⬇️
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The EU core executive and the Green Deal
The Green Deal has been one of the European Union’s (EU) boldest, cross-sectoral policy responses. Public administration scholarship suggests that such endeavours rely on coercion by pivotal execut...
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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Read our new piece ‘The EU core executive and the Green Deal’ in @wepsocial.bsky.social . @cterranova.bsky.social and I look at how EUCO, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @press.consilium.europa.eu steered one of the EU’s boldest, cross-sectoral policy responses. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The EU core executive and the Green Deal
The Green Deal has been one of the European Union’s (EU) boldest, cross-sectoral policy responses. Public administration scholarship suggests that such endeavours rely on coercion by pivotal execut...
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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Thanks to our colleague @michellewiten.bsky.social, Director of our EUF Centre for Irish Studies, for being our host tonight. Thanks to our students and audience for interesting questions and comments.
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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Maeve Collins, Ireland’s current ambassador to Berlin and former Coreper I representative to the EU gives this year’s Midsummer Lecture to mark the end of term for our European studies students at EUF Flensburg. www.uni-flensburg.de/europeanstud...
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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Now all contributions to this year‘s @jcms-eu.bsky.social AR stocktaking on 10 years of new intergovernmentalism are available on ‘early view’. Also read pieces by Sergio Fabbrini and Genschel & Jachtenfuchs. We debate the commonalities and nuances in our accounts.
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Uwe Puetter @uwepuetter.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Our new @jcms-eu.bsky.social piece ‘The new intergovernmentalism 10 years on’ is out. @dermothodson.bsky.social and I review the lastest developments in EU politics in light of the core messages of the original theory and flag its relevance. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The New Intergovernmentalism 10 Years On
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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
With Macron calling an intergovernmental summit in Paris tomorrow, many wonder what is best institutional venue to discuss Europe's response to biggest security crisis since 1945. Here are 8 reasons why intergovernmental route is crucial now instead of relying on 🇪🇺 & Brussels institutions. 🧵👇 1/10
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 20/12/2024
People seemed thrilled yesterday that the new chair of the European Council, Antonio Costa, had insisted that Council conclusions be fully adopted by civil servants before the #EUCO summit even began. But it meant that other than Zelenskyy's visit, there was nothing new to cover on the day.
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If European leaders gather for a summit and nobody covers it, did it make a sound?
The Brussels bubble is elated that 'No-Drama Costa' is streamlining Council summits and adopting conclusions beforehand. But be careful what you wish for - before long they could be missing Michel.
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António Costa @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu · 04/12/2024
Today, I met with the 27 EU ambassadors. I shared ideas about the preparation of European Council meetings and political priorities for the months ahead. Coreper is the engine room of the EU. Collaboration and vision remain key to shaping 🇪🇺 EU’s future. #EUCO #COREPER
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