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May 14th, 2008

"The main theories of European economic integration argue that private economic interests provide the impetus and pressures for integration to move forward," scientists writing in the British Journal of Politics & International Relations report.

"Public policy analyses of the European Union's legislative process, however, show that intense lobbying by such interests can prevent legislative proposals from being adopted. even if economic interests were initially in favour of supranational legislation. How do we explain this apparent contradiction? The answer is that economic interests initially face great uncertainty as to the precise costs and benefits of integrating...


Source: Medical Patent Law Weekly (2008-05-14)