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How Italian regulatory policy encounters Europe
No full textImprovement of regulatory quality has become one of the most important items on
the European Union’s (EU) Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs. In this context, the
European Commission has sought to influence the regulatory reform policies of the
Member States, focusing on the implementation of better regulation principles and
tools. This article explores the interactive nature of Europeanization, viewing domestic
institutions as ‘users’ of European policies according to their strategies. The author
performs a within-case study based on a bottom–up research design, analysing the impact
of EU better regulation on Italy. The results show that the effects of Europeanization
relate more to agenda setting than to implementation – the latter is still, prevalently,
determined by domestic factors
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