The Political Role of the European Commission in Regulating State Aid policy

This book delves into questions of whether the European Commission is effectively regulating large corporations in Europe, and the public perceptions of the legitimacy of its decisions, by examining state aid cases, and when and how actors choose to politicise or depoliticise them.

Autorentext

Elena Escalante-Block is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Marie Sk odowska-Curie Fellow at ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway.

Inhalt

1. The Politics of EU State Aid Policy: Implications for the EU's legitimacy 2. Towards a MLG Theoretical Framework of Politicisation and Depoliticisation 3. Navigating Unlawful State Aid in the EU 4. Study on the News Coverage of Unlawful State Aid Cases 5. Analysing the Politicisation of the Apple and Ilva Cases 6. Discursive Depoliticisation Strategies in the Apple and Ilva Cases 7. The Aftermath 8. Final Discussion and Conclusion