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(2012). <i>The Institutions of the European Union. <\/i>Oxford: OUP.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Puetter, U. (2011). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/13501763.2011.609743\" target=\"_blank\">Europe&#8217;s deliberative intergovernmentalism: the role of the Council and European Council in EU economic governance<\/a>. <i>Journal of European Public Policy, 19<\/i>(2), 161-178. doi: 10.1080\/13501763.2011.609743.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Werts, J (2008). <i>European Council<\/i>. London: John Harper.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">General Secretariat of the European Council (2012). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/uedocs\/cms_data\/librairie\/PDF\/QC3111406ENC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The European Council. 50 years of Summit Meetings<\/i><\/a>. 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