Date: 21 November 2005 

Presentation of the report Is the Commission the Small Member States' Best Friend? By Simone Bunse, Paul Magnette and Kalypso Nicolaïdis.

This study investigates the nature of the relationship between small states and the European Commission, posing the question whether the Commission is a small state's "best friend".

Focusing in particular on the Belgian, Greek, Finnish and Hungarian experience, the key findings indicate that the small state-Commission relationship is not as straightforward as the "best friend" analogy may suggest.

Participants:

Paul Magnette, Director, European Studies Centre, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Kalypso Nikolaïdis, Fellow, St. Anthony's College, Oxford
Simone Bunse, Ph D candidate, Nuffield College, Oxford University
Ulrika Mörth, Associate Professor, Political Science, Stockholm University and member of the SIEPS Board of Directors
Göran von Sydow, Researcher, SIEPS

•  Programme (179.55 kB)

Publication:
 2005:9 Is the Commission the Small Member States' Best Friend? (234.96 kB)

Research project:
Small Member States and the European Commission