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Non-compliance with EU directives in the member states: opposition through the backdoor?
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West European Politics
- Article date:
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May 1, 2004
- Author:
- Falkner, Gerda; Hartlapp, Miriam; Leiber, Simone; Treib, Oliver
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To what extent are European rules complied with, and what are the reasons for non-compliance with EU law? According to an intergovernmentalist perspective, implementation problems should occur when member states failed to assert their interests in the European decision-making process. Focusing on 26 infringement procedures from the area of labour law, we show that such 'opposition through the backdoor' does occur occasionally. However, we demonstrate that opposition at the end of the EU policy process may also arise without prior opposition at the beginning. Additionally, our findings indicate that non-compliance is often unrelated to opposition, and due to administrative shortcomings, ...
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