Germany, Europe, and the Politics of Constraint
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Europeanization and Policy Transfer Europeanization and Policy Transfer
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The Europeanization of Sectoral Governance I: Telecommunications The Europeanization of Sectoral Governance I: Telecommunications
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Interests Interests
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Germany’s Position in the ‘Uploading Process’ Germany’s Position in the ‘Uploading Process’
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Adaptation Pressures Adaptation Pressures
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Institutional Opportunity Structures and Constraints Institutional Opportunity Structures and Constraints
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Policy Change Policy Change
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Institutional Change Institutional Change
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Normative Change Normative Change
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The Europeanization of Sectoral Governance II: Electricity The Europeanization of Sectoral Governance II: Electricity
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Interests Interests
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Germany’s Position in the ‘Uploading Process’ Germany’s Position in the ‘Uploading Process’
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Adaptation Pressures Adaptation Pressures
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Institutional Opportunity Structures Institutional Opportunity Structures
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Policy Change Policy Change
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Institutional Change Institutional Change
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Normative Change Normative Change
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Conclusion Conclusion
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12 Electricity and Telecommunications: Fit for the European Union?
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Published:16 October 2003
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Abstract
This chapter examines the processes and outcomes of Europeanization in the German utilities sectors. Employing an institutionalist perspective, it focuses on interaction between the institutional system of the EU and that of Germany. The chapter argues that adaptation pressures are reduced by Germany's ability to exert ‘soft’ power to ensure that EU policy is congruent with domestic governance. The tempo of EU reform is particularly significant. Incremental legislation in telecommunications permitted Germany to liberalize at its own pace in line with domestic policy style. In electricity, by contrast, the 1996 Directive created more acute adaptation pressures. Thus, in telecommunications Germany was activist in ‘downloading’ EU legislation in line with EU requirements. In electricity, it made considerable use of the zone of discretion in the Directive to minimize the impact on domestic governance. In examining the way in which Germany responds to adaptation pressures, particular attention is given to opportunity structures, veto points, and institutional norms in the domestic policy process. The experience of the electricity reform suggests that adaptation pressures are exacerbated by a highly pluralist institutional regime with numerous veto actors capable of blocking implementation. Moreover, German reluctance to embrace independent, sector-specific regulation suggests the resistance of domestic regulatory norms to the effects of Europeanization.
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