The conversation about the need for the EU to speed up its decision-making process, limit the use of vetoes, and otherwise strengthen its institutional framework is not new.
This gap is increasingly a technological one too, as EU institutions experiment with AI tools to manage their workload, while many capitals lag behind in doing the same.
However, there is rarely any debate over whether individual EU Member States are keeping pace with the EU’s accelerating legislative speed or if they are able to effectively reflect their national stances.
While the EU Commission is reportedly considering deploying Commission officials to Member State capitals to boost its local influence and policy awareness, Member States are failing to do the same when it comes to their own representation in Brussels.
Inter-institutional struggles
