... that while Council Working Parties formally only prepare decisions by the Council of the European Union, they de facto shape the majority of those decisions? Source: Häge 2016, p. 686 "Formally, working parties only ‘prepare’ the ministers’ work, but de facto, they make the majority of Council decisions."
Overall: Munfarid1 (talk) 11:54, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
Hi, @WatkynBassett: Even if your hook is ok, I think a second one, shorter and more interesting, could be based on Melzer's claim that democratic control of their work is difficult to achieve. - How about formulating an ALT1, so the user who will perpare this for DYK will have a choice? After all, we want people to be hooked to read the article, so a critical view of the working groups could be appropriate. Munfarid1 (talk) 16:47, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
@Munfarid1: Thank you for taking the time to review the article and your suggestion! I am, however, a bit sceptical whether building a hook from this critical view is wise. I think we would have to attribute this view to a specific person (as I have recently experienced while a different hook of mine was prepared in a queue) and I find hooks with specific attribution a bit clunky to read). WatkynBassett (talk) 05:29, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
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