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Journal of European Integration Volume 41, 2019 - Issue 3: Power Without Influence? Explaining the Impact of the European Parliament Post-Lisbon
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Driving informal institutional change: the European Parliament and the reform of the Economic and Monetary Union

Magnus G. SchoellerCentre for European Integration Research (EIF), Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, AustriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Adrienne HéritierRobert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, ItalyView further author information
Pages 277-292 | Published online: 16 May 2019

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