@article{2025:kaelble:der_europ,
title = {Der Europäische Rat zwischen 1974 und 2024: Epochen der Veränderung},
year = {2025},
note = {This article is a proposal to distinguish major periods in the history
of the European Council since its founding in 1974: the period before,
starting with the European Coal and Steel Community (1951–1974);
then its informal incubation period (1974–1986) with the European
Council still outside the treaties; thereafter the period of the five
treaty reforms (1986–2007), the heyday of the European Council;
finally, the period of crisis (2008–2024) in which the competitive
cooperation between the European Council and the European Commission
has been essential.},
journal = {integration},
pages = {113--128},
author = {Kaelble, Hartmut},
volume = {48},
number = {2}
}