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Fertő Imre, Kóczy László, Sziklai Balázs és Kovács Attila cikke megjelent a European Review of Agricultural Economics folyóiratban

Volume 47, Issue 5, December 2020, Pages 1897–1919, Published: 30 July 2020

The power ranking of the members of the Agricultural Committee of the European Parliament

Imre Fertő, László Á Kóczy, Attila Kovács, Balázs R Sziklai

 

Abstract

We aim to identify the most influential members of the Agricultural Committee of the European Parliament (COMAGRI). Unlike previous studies that were based on case studies or interviews with stakeholders, we analyse the voting power of MEPs using a spatial Banzhaf power index. We identify critical members: members whose votes are necessary to form winning coalitions. We found that rapporteurs, EP group coordinators and MEPs from countries with high relative Committee representations, such as Ireland, Poland or Romania are powerful actors. Italy emerges as the most influential member state, while France seems surprisingly weak.