Small States in EU Policy-Making

Anna-Lena Högenauer is Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Luxembourg. Her research focuses on questions of multilevel governance, EU politics and parliamentary democracy. She is Associate Editor of PRX and a member of the editorial boards of Politics and Governance and of Small States & Territories.Matúš Mišík is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at Comenius University Bratislava. His research interests include small states and energy security in the EU. He is the author of External Energy Security in the European Union (Routledge, 2019), co-author of Energy Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe (2024) and has published articles in journals including Nature Energy, Energy, Energy Policy and Geopolitics.

• 1. Introduction: The Challenges and Opportunities of EU Membership for Small States. Section I: Small states in the EU's institutions and policy processes. 2. Small Member States in the European Commission of the 21st Century; 3. Small States in the European Parliament: Does Size Make a Difference? 4. Bringing the European Parliament: Does Size Make a Difference? 5. Small states coalition-building in EU policymaking: the cases of the Nordic and Baltic countries. 6. Small-State Veto Power in the European Union? National Interests and Coalition-Building Capacity of the Member States in Central and Eastern Europe. Section II: Small states in foreign, security and trade policy. 7. The Economic Diplomacy of Luxembourg within the European Union framework: between agility and stability. 8. Small states, subregional minilateralism, and European foreign policy; 9. Small State Influence in EU Security Policymaking: PESCO, Frontex, and the Integration Dilemma; 10. How did the challenges and opportunities translate into small state strategies? A case study of Estonia's role in shaping EU cybersecurity policy; 11. Conclusion: Size Is Not Everything