THE MAINTENANCE OF EXECUTIVE CAPACITY IN GERMANY: REVISITING THE ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

WALZENBACH, G. P. E.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, n.º 2/2001, pág. 383

1. Introduction. 2. The annual EU budget cycle as aroutinized process. a) Phase I: the Commission as the mainactor. b) Phase II: intra-ministerial coordination. c) PhaseIII: inter-ministerial coordination. d) Phase IV:parliamentary approval. 3. Coordination techniques. a)Supplementary budgets and letters of amendment. b)Comprehensive cut-back lists. c) Case-by-case examination.d) Sporadic interventions by the Chancellor/Finance Ministertandem. 4. Multi-level institutional adjustments. a)Relations with EU institutions. b) Relations betweenexecutive and legislature. c) Bund-Länder relations. d)Remoulding the coordination process?. 5. Conclusion.