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This chapter presents our framework for analysing the change in the capacity to reform the EU ETS. We put forward six main propositions which can shed light on this change in capacity: increasing agreement among member-states on the need for further reform; better possibilities for integrative bargaining; a less internally split and more offensive Commission; a less internally split Parliament after the 2014 elections; less opposed energy-intensive industries; and an EU-external context that could provide more backing for EU-internal entrepreneurs.

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Wettestad, J., Jevnaker, T. (2016). Analytical Framework. In: Rescuing EU Emissions Trading. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56674-4_2

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