ABSTRACT
Which variables are relevant for the shaping capacity of a member state government within the EU? This concluding chapter seeks to tentatively answer this question by reference to the analyses and findings presented in the previous sections. In the first section (§1) the empirical data from the country analysis and both case studies are examined. In §2, these findings are compared with the framework for analysis. Then, the results are discussed from an analytical perspective, to come to conclusions as to the ability of the Dutch government to influence the formulation of new EU policies (§3). A last section stretches these conclusions to avenues of further research to be explored.
