Small States and EU Governance

Jean Micallef Grimaud is currently working for Malta’s government at the Permanent Representation of Malta to the EU in Brussels as part of Malta’s Council of the EU Presidency team. There he heads the Education, Youth, Culture, and Sports unit and will chair the Council’s Education Committee during Malta’s Presidency from January to June 2017. Previously, Jean held positions at the Office of Malta’s Prime Minster and was a member of Malta’s Diplomatic Corps between 2001 and 2009. He served as a First Secretary at the Permanent Representation of Malta to the European Union in Brussels from 2004 until 2009 where he held various positions - as a First Secretary on the EU Structural Funds (2004-2006), a member of the Cabinet of the Permanent Representative (2006-2008), and finally MERTENS (2008-2009) which is a position held by high ranking diplomats. Jean was awarded his doctorate degree from the Manchester Metropolitan University. His research focused on small state influence in the shaping stages of EU decision-making.

• Chapter 1 – Introduction.- Chapter 2 – A historical perspective of small states in the EU.- Chapter 3 - Conceptualizing notions of power and influence in the EU legislative process: governmental capacities and strategies.- Chapter 4 - Defining key terms in relation to decision-shaping and decision-taking in EU decision-making processes.- Chapter 5 - Establishing the methodology.- Chapter 6 - An introduction to the empirical research: Malta and the EU decision-making process.- Chapter 7 - Malta’s government in the legislative decision-making processes of two directives on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles: Case Studies 1 and 2.0.- Chapter 8 - Malta’s government in the legislative decision-making process of the extension of an EU directive on long-term residence to beneficiaries of international protection: Case Study 3.- Chapter 9 – Conclusion.