Table I

Research design

Analysis level /
methodology

Micro

Macro

Quantitative

Statistical analysis of amendments
in three Socrates procedures

Statistical analysis of amendments
from 34 co-decision files

Qualitative

Interview data about
three Socrates files
Text study of
official Socrates documents

General interview data
Text study of
general co-decision documents

Table II

The Commission’s opinion on an amendment and its degree of adoption

Source: Calculated on the basis of data from George Tsebelis.

Note: Number of missing values = 4. The categories “partially adopted” and “modified not as Parliament wanted” have been collapsed, as there were few cases in a number of their subcategories (cells).

Table III

Amendments to Socrates I: 1995-99

First reading			Second reading
Number of EP amendments	The Commission	The Council	Number of EP amendments	The Commission	The final text
104	accepts 48	accepts 29	22	accepts 18	includes 15
		rejects 19			excludes 3
	rejects 56	accepts 3		rejects 4	includes 1
		rejects 53			excludes 3

Source: Calculated on the basis of official documents

Table IV

Amendments to the mid-term budgetary revision of Socrates I

First reading			Second reading
Number of EP amendments	The Commission	The Council	Number of EP amendments	The Commission	The final text
6	accepts 5	accepts 5	1	accepts 0	includes 0
		rejects 0			excludes 0
	rejects 1	accepts 0		rejects 1	includes 0
		rejects 1			excludes 1

Source: Calculated on the basis of official documents

Table V

Table 5. Amendments to Socrates II: 2000-06

First reading			Second reading
Number of EP amendments	The Commission	The Council	Number of EP amendments	The Commission	The final text
54	accepts 34	accepts 25	14	accepts 13	includes 10
		rejects 9			excludes 3
	rejects 20	accepts 0		rejects 1	includes 0
		rejects 20			excludes 1

Source: Calculated on the basis of official documents