The Alter-EU Movement and European Governance

Richard Balme , Didier Chabanet (1, 2, 3)

1 INRETS - Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité
2 Sciences Po - Sciences Po
3 TRIANGLE - Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique

The recent obstacles to European integration have relaunched a debate that makes ethics and transparency core parts of the European agenda. This hints at the possibility of a more demanding regulation of lobbyists and, in broader terms, of all parties involved in the European Governance. The dynamics currently at work testify to growing receptiveness of EU officials to the claims of the Alter-EU movement; to the power struggles between representation models; and to the existence of more or less open, virtuous and/or citizen-controlled conceptions of public action that reflect differentiated national traditions and practices (...).

Domaines: Science politique

Richard Balme, Didier Chabanet. The Alter-EU Movement and European Governance. 2007. ⟨hal-03459599⟩