ABSTRACT
How did the emergence of the European Council (EUCO) affect an established order in a specific European policy area? This question is a central one in studying the first years of existence of the EUCO, and indeed in scrutinizing its evolution in a longer-term perspective. This chapter aims to show the capacity of the EUCO, created in December 1974, to steer and change elements of the established order in one of these policy areas, namely European Political Co-operation (EPC).
