High-profile reports are important agenda-setting instruments in the EU, yet they have notbeen comparatively studied systematically. To understand this salient feature in the EUpolitical system, this thesis conducts a qualitative analysis of recommendations from theDraghi report. It examines the role that member states play in relation to the report byanalysing the opinions of the three largest member states; Germany, France and Italy. Theresults of the study illustrate that member state opinions are positively associated with thetranslation of recommendations into initiatives. The thesis motivates conducting furthercomparative research to build cumulative knowledge on the role of EU high-profile reports.
Ludvig Svensson (Wed,) studied this question.