Executive Power of the European Union - Curtin, Deirdre (, Professor of European Law, University of Amsterdam and Professor of International and European Governance, University of Utrecht)

The picture of Brussels-based bureaucrats exercising arbitrary executive powers is one of the favourite images conjured by Eurosceptics across the political spectrum. What truth is there in the image? This book offers a richer understanding of the nature of the EU's powers, how they relate to national governments, and how they are controlled.