Coordination in government signifies efficiency and successful programs in accordance to policy goals. This goes the same with the national coordination on European affairs. However, recent studies suggest that the level of policy coordination required to positive results is rarely achieved by any government. Moreover, scarcity and distrust of government has imposed more pressures than ever on all European governments to coordinate.
Entry into the European Union appears to impose even greater demands for coordination on its member states, as new pressures given on those that already exist. The complexity of decision making has increased and the policy stakes in many policy areas have been raised. The should ensure compatibility of action
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Coordination is one way of more efficiently pursuing those interests in Brussels which made European policies to become more politicized. The impact of the EU has, however, become more immediate and direct, and politicians find that they can influence voters by being effective in Brussels. Effectiveness is also generally perceived or mistaken as good positive coordination in an arena as complex as that of the European Union. Demands and pressures that confront the member states and ground various coordination needs can be readily identified. EU as an authoritative policy-making system with the authority to impose binding obligations on the member states as enforced by the European Commission and the EU legal system with the European Court of Justice at its support. To ensure that EU policy outcomes are congruent or somewhat consistent, concerted action is needed to define and defend a national position. The wide and growing competence of the Union in strategically important policy domains provides a second pressure on governments to coordinate domestically. The authoritative status of the EU and its reach create powerful incentives on the part of each government to ensure that its component parts act coherently in presenting national …show more content…
Therefore, national governments face a strong incentive to coordinate strategies and tactics. Coordination between national representatives during the negotiations is also necessary. Protection of the national interest with respect to issues is important for coordination.
The EU is only one among many sources of coordination need confronted by national governments and it is certainly among the most demanding.
National coordinators have complicated tasks as distinctive characteristics of the EU. As it encompasses not only the European institutions, coordination of EU policy is extremely problematic for the member states. The power of each institution in any particular circumstance largely depends upon the decision-making rules applied. Moreover, formal requirements may be complemented with informal codes of behaviour. The decline of unanimity has also increased the importance of policy initiation, because member states can no longer simply veto proposals that they do not like. National coordinators in EU cannot rely on the channels provided by different sectors. With multiple actors and arenas together with the predominance of decision rules, member states tend to look for allies to either support or block the progress of