Publication

This paper assesses the conditions and limits of experimental governance (EG) in three key EU policy areas: security, energy and migration. The authors conclude that in all three policy fields EG at best coexists with other forms of decision-making and is by no means the predominant form of governance. They then highlight the need for countries to strengthen horizontal cooperation with state and non-state actors if they are to exploit the strengths of EG. They also briefly touch on how the EU's approach to EG applies to Norway and Poland, two countries still on the outskirts of the EU’s decision-making core, while at the same time highly dependent on European governance.