https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/The-Opacity-of-Consensus https://booksandideas.net/The-Opacity-of-Consensus 2011-11-24T08:43:21Z text/html en Stéphanie Novak Politics democracy European Union lobbying decision-making transparency vote Chadoc <p>At the Council of the European Union, decisions are usually made by consensus. Does this mean that all the countries are of one mind? In fact, disagreements are often concealed, since it is not in the interest of most countries to publicize the fact that they have been defeated. Stéphanie Novak describes the various practices that consensus entails and gives an account of the opacity presiding over the exercise of joint sovereignty.</p> https://booksandideas.net/J-Street-the-Lobby-of-the-Silent-Majority https://booksandideas.net/J-Street-the-Lobby-of-the-Silent-Majority 2011-01-19T15:17:23Z text/html en Pauline Peretz International Carousel United States of America Israël lobbying Barack Obama peace <p>According to its conservative rivals, J Street threatens the unity of the Jewish community and discredits the positions of the Israeli government. For liberal Jews, it represents an opportunity to be heard in Washington. Portrait of a lobby that claims the right to criticize Israel.</p>