Social Movement Campaigns on EU Policy: In the Corridors and in the Streets

225 Pages·2015·0.711 MB·English

by  Louisa Parks

Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
Edited by
Carlo Ruzza , Department of Sociology, University of Leicester, UK
Hans-Jörg Trenz , University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Mauro Barisione , University of Milan, Italy
Neil Fligstein , University of California, US
Virginie Guiraudon , National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Dietmar Loch , University of Grenoble, France
Chris Rumford , Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal
Holloway, University of London, UK
Maarten P. Vink , University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology addresses contemporary themes in
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Luis Bouza Garcia
PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE EU
Agenda-Setting and Institutionalisation
Matthias Kortmann and Kerstin Rosenow-Williams (editors)
ISLAMIC ORGANIZATIONS IN EUROPE AND THE USA
A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Andreas Müller
GOVERNING MOBILITY BEYOND THE STATE
Centre, Periphery and the EU’s External Borders
Armando Salvatore, Oliver Schmidtke and Hans-Jörg Trenz (editors)
RETHINKING THE PUBLIC SPHERE THROUGH TRANSNATIONALIZING
PROCESSES
Europe and Beyond
Rosa Sanchez Salgado
EUROPEANIZING CIVIL SOCIETY
How the EU Shapes Civil Society Organizations
Gema Garcia Albacete
YOUNG PEOPLE’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN WESTERN EUROPE
Continuity or Generational Change?
Britta Baumgarten, Priska Daphi and Peter Ullrich (editors)
CONCEPTUALIZING CULTURE IN SOCIAL MOVEMENT RESEARCH
Stefanie Börner and Monika Eigmüller
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, PROCESSES OF CHANGE AND THE NATIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Louisa Parks
SOCIAL MOVEMENT CAMPAIGNS ON EU POLICY
In the Corridors and in the Streets
Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
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Social Movement
Campaigns on EU Policy
In the Corridors and in the Streets
Louisa Parks
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Contents
List of Illustrations vi
Acknowledgements vii
List of Interviews viii
List of Abbreviations x
1 Introduction 1
2 Untangling Influence: Studying Social Movement
Campaigns in the Transnational EU Arena 13
3 Political Process and Framing in the Technical Campaigns 36
4 The Outcomes of Technical Campaigns in the EU 81
5 Political Process and Framing in the Political Campaigns 103
6 The Outcomes of Political Campaigns in the EU 143
7 Conclusions: Technical and Political Campaigning in the EU 163
Notes 184
References 196
Index 205

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List of Illustrations
Figure
2.1 An analytical model for tracing campaign outcomes 32
Tables
2.1 A political opportunity structure of the EU 29
4.1 Summary of the coexistence campaign, by phase 83
4.2 Summary of the REACH campaign, by phase 90
4.3 Summary of the Right2Water campaign 96
4.4 Comparing the technical campaigns 100
6.1 Summary of the Lisbon campaign, by phase 145
6.2 Summary of the Bolkestein campaign, by phase 150
6.3 Summary of the ACTA campaign, by phase 155
6.4 Comparing the political campaigns 1 59
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Acknowledgements
My thanks go to all those at the European University Institute (EUI)
in Florence for their support over the years. For their friendship and
advice, I thank Elena del Giorgio, Doreen Allerkamp, Annika Zorn, Elisa
Morgera, Alice Mattoni, Nicole Doerr, Lorenzo Mosca, Cristina Dallara,
Maximiliano Lorenzi, Julien Talpin, Ceferino Sanchez Fernandez and all
the other EUI researchers I shared time and coffee with. Special thanks
for advice and support of all kinds must of course go to Donatella della
Porta, who has always been a wise and patient mentor to me and for
their wisdom and encouragement of this book to Sidney Tarrow, Carlo
Ruzza and Laszlo Bruszt.
In Conegliano e dintorni, my thanks to the wonderful friends who
supported me in so many ways.
In Lincoln, I received support from the College of Social Sciences
research fund to conduct research on the ACTA and Right2Water cases,
which I gratefully acknowledge. My colleagues in Lincoln have been
nothing but supportive and welcoming, and thanks go to all at the
School of Social and Political Sciences. Particular thanks for their time,
patience and excellent advice go to Amandine Crespy, Jan Dobbernack
and the members of the writers’ support group: Tina Haux, Ana Jordan
and Kaisa Hinkkainen.
Thanks to Alberto, Tommaso and Daisy, who put everything in
perspective.
Without the belief showed in me many years ago by the late Phillip
Whitehead MEP, none of this would have been possible. This book is
dedicated to his memory.

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List of Interviews
1. EU Policy Director for Genetic Engineering, Greenpeace European
Unit. Brussels, 23 March 2005.
2. Assistant to the GMO Campaign, Friends of the Earth Europe.
Brussels, 25 March 2005.
3. Advisor on Genetic Engineering Issues to the Greens/EFA group in
the European Parliament. Brussels, 29 March 2005.
4. Regional Group Co-ordinator, European Environmental Bureau.
Brussels, 31 March 2005.
5. Head of the Liaison Office of Upper Austria in Brussels. Brussels, 1
April 2005.
6. Food Policy Officer, EuroCoop. Brussels, 5 April 2005.
7. Political Advisor to Committee C, Regional Policies, Assembly of the
European Regions. Brussels, 6 April 2005.
8. Vice-President of the European Environmental Bureau. Brussels, 6
April 2005.
9. Head of Relations with Community Institutions, Tuscan Regional
Office in Brussels. Brussels, 8 April 2005.
10. Political Advisor, European Trade Union Confederation. Brussels, 13
September 2005.
11. President of the Platform of European Social NGOs and Director of
AGE Europe. Brussels, 15 September 2005.
12. Vice-President of the Platform of European Social NGOs and Director
of the European Anti-poverty Network. Brussels, 15 September 2005.
13. Social Affairs Co-ordinator, Solidar. Brussels, 16 September 2005.
14. Policy Officer, Secretariat of the Platform of European Social NGOs.
Brussels, 20 September 2005.
15. Secretary General of CECODHAS (European Liaison Committee for
Social Housing) and Treasurer of the Platform of European Social
NGOs. Brussels, 15 March 2006.
16. Member of Staff Responsible for the Safer Chemicals Campaign,
Friends of the Earth Europe. Brussels, 15 March 2006.
17. Campaign and Liaison Officer, European Public Services Union.
Brussels, 16 March 2006.
18. Coordinator of the Stop Bolkestein Web Petition, Institut Emile
Vanderwelde. Brussels, 16 March 2006.
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List of Interviews ix
19. Advisor on the Services Directive, European Trade Union
Confederation. Brussels, 16 March 2006.
20. Policy and Information Officer, European Public Health Alliance
Environment Network. Brussels, 16 March 2006.
21. Policy Officer for Chemicals and IPPC, European Environmental
Bureau. Brussels, 20 March 2006.
22. Policy Officer, Uni-Europa. Brussels, 21 March 2006.
23. Project Coordinator, Chemical Reaction. Brussels, 22 March 2006.
24. Policy Officer, Women in Europe for a Common Future. Brussels, 23
March 2006.
25. Policy Advisor to Greens/EFA, by telephone. 17 May 2013.
26. ACTA Workgroup Head, Foundation for a Free Information
Infrastructure, by Skype. 27 May 2013.
27. Anonymous Interviewee, by telephone. 11 June 2013.
28. Representative of the Initiative for the European Citizens’ Initiative,
by Skype. 18 June 2013.
29. David Martin MEP, by telephone. 20 June 2013.
30. Representative of La Quadrature du Net. Paris, 24 June 2013.
31. Representative of the European Public Services Union. Brussels, 26
June 2013.
32. Representative of the European Food and Water Movement. Brussels,
26 June 2013.
33. MEP Press Officer. Brussels, 26 June 2013.
34. Christian Engstrom MEP. Brussels, 26 June 2013.
35. Board Member of the Swedish Pirate Party. Brussels, 27 June 2013.
36. Amelia Andersdotter MEP. Brussels, 27 June 2013.
37. MEP Advisor. Brussels, 27 June 2013.
38. Representative of European Digital Rights. Brussels, 27 June 2013.
39. MEP Advisor. Brussels, 28 June 2013.
40. Senior Policy Analyst at Access Now. Brussels, 28 June 2013.
41. Representative of the Social Platform. Brussels, 28 June 2013.
42. Representative of the European Public Health Alliance. Brussels, 28
June 2013.
43. Representative of Panoptykon (Poland), by telephone. 10 July
2013.
44. Representative of Campact (Germany), by telephone. 3 July 2013.
Many people gave up their valuable time to share their thoughts and
insights with me in interviews for this book, for which I am very grateful.
All errors and misunderstandings are of course my own.