Tim Pfefferle 
The European Commission as Agent of its Pricipals or a Policy Entrepreneur [EPUB ebook] 

Scientific Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Politics — Topic: European Union, grade: 78, Queen Mary University of London (School of Politics and International Relations), course: European Integration, language: English, abstract: This essay explores the role played by the European Commission. It examines whether the Commission can be seen as a policy entrepreneur which tries to push an idiosyncratic agenda or whether it acts as an agent of the member states, which ultimately control its scope for action.