| Forum (EP) | Actor (Presidency) | |
| Present as an institution? | Reported to the EP? | |
| Maastricht 12/12/91 | Yes | Yes |
| BSE 6/6/96 | Yes | Yes |
| BSE 19/6/96 | Yes | Yes |
| BSE 3/7/96 | Yes | Yes |
| Amsterdam 26/6/97 | Yes | Yes |
| Haider 2/2/00 | Yes | Yes |
| Haider 14/6/00 | No: Question time | Yes |
| Haider 3/7/00 | No | Yes |
| Prestige 18/12/02 | Yes | Yes |
| Constitution 31/3/04 | Yes | Yes |
| Constitution 21/7/04 | Yes | Yes |
| Used time efficiently? | Clear about what they wanted to know? | |
| Maastricht 12/12/91 | Yes | Yes |
| BSE 6/6/96 | No | No. Council was not held to account for BSE |
| BSE 19/6/96 | Yes | No. Focus was on political problems, not BSE |
| BSE 3/7/96 | Yes | Reasonably |
| Amsterdam 26/6/97 | Yes | Yes. Sharp |
| Haider 2/2/00 | Yes | Reasonably |
| Haider 14/6/00 | Yes | Yes. Very sharp (Question Time) |
| Haider 3/7/00 | Yes | Yes |
| Prestige 18/12/02 | No | Yes. Sharp |
| Constitution 31/3/04 | Reasonably | Yes |
| Constitution 21/7/04 | Yes | Moderately |
| Present and listened | Made closing statement on selected case | Mentioned central issues raised by forum | Answered central issues raised by forum | If applicable, accepted responsibility for failures | |
| Maastricht 12/12/91 | Yes. PM Lubbers left after spokespersons Dankert stays | Yes | PM: Partly. Other: Almost all | PM: Very evasive. Other: Partly | No |
| BSE 6/6/96 | May have left at a certain point | No | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| BSE 19/6/96 | Temporarily left during debate | BSE not mentioned | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| BSE 3/7/96 | Yes. PM Prodi left after spokespersons Dini stayed | PM: Yes. Other: 1 sentence | PM: 2 out of 3. Other: n.a. | PM: Evasive. Other: n.a. | PM: No. Other: n.a. |
| Amsterdam 26/6/97 | Yes. Both PM Kok and Patijn whole debate | Yes | Yes | Yes, almost completely. Explicit. High level of precision | Yes. Acknowledged shortcomings |
| Haider 2/2/00 | May have left at a certain point | No | Yes, already in opening statement | Yes, already in opening statement | Forum positive: n.a. |
| Haider 14/6/00 | Yes | n.a. (Question time-format) | Yes | Yes, eventually explicitly | Yes. Took responsibility. Did not give in on demands forums |
| Haider 3/7/00 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, almost | Yes. Took explicitly full responsibility for consequences decision |
| Prestige 18/12/02 | Yes | Yes | Partly | Hardly | No |
| Constitution 31/3/04 | Yes | Yes | Almost all | Yes | Forum positive: n.a. |
| Constitution 21/7/04 | Yes | Yes | Did not deal with criticism | Evasive | Forum positive: n.a. |
| Passed a judgement? | |
| Maastricht 12/12/91 | No, attempt failed. EP and political groups were too divided |
| BSE 6/6/96 | Yes, more focused than debate |
| BSE 19/6/96 | Did not cover debate well |
| BSE 3/7/96 | Part of the debate missing |
| Amsterdam 26/6/97 | Yes. More detailed than debate |
| Haider 2/2/00 | Yes |
| Haider 14/6/00 | Yes, covered debate, but toned down criticism |
| Haider 3/7/00 | No. No attempt. EP was divided |
| Prestige 18/12/02 | Yes |
| Constitution 31/3/04 | Yes |
| Constitution 21/7/04 | No. Majority was satisfied. Instead, smaller political groups were rather critical |
| Maastr. 91 | BSE 6/6/96 | BSE 19/6/96 | BSE 7/96 | Amst. 97 | Haid. 2/00 | Haid. 6/00 | Haid. 7/00 | Prest. 02 | Const. 3/04 | Const. 7/04 | |
| Forum | |||||||||||
| Information: Present? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | (No: QT) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debate: Efficient? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Reasonably | Yes |
| Debate: Sharp? | Yes | No | No | Reasonably | Yes | Reasonably | Yes, very | Yes | Yes | Yes | Moderatly |
| Judgement? | No, failed | Yes | Yes, poor | Yes, poor | Yes | Yes | Yes, toned down | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| contribution to accountability | somewhat | very little | little | somewhat | very much | much | somewhat | little | somewhat | much | somewhat |
| Actor | |||||||||||
| Information: Reports? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debate: Present? | Yes. PM leaves | Left? | Left temporarily | PM left | Yes: both | Left? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debate: Closing statement? | Yes | No | Not mentioned | Yes: PM | Yes: both | No | n.a. (QT) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Debate: Mentions all central issues? | PM: Partly Other: Almost all | n.a. | n.a. | PM: 2 out of 3 Other: n.a. | Yes | Yes in opening | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes, almost | No, omits criticism |
| Debate: Answers all central issues? | PM: No Other: Partly | n.a. | n.a. | PM: No Other: n.a. | Yes, very | Yes in opening | Yes, eventually | Yes, almost | Hardly | Yes | No |
| Debate: Accepts responsibility? | No | n.a. | n.a. | PM: No Other: n.a. | Yes, very | Forum positive: n.a. | Yes | Yes | No | Forum positive: n.a. | Forum positive: n.a. |
| contribution to accountability | little | very little | very little | very little | very much | somewhat | much | much | little | much | little |
Note to table: The actions by the forum to demand accountability and by the actor to give accountability were rated on a 5-point scale, ranging from 'very little' via 'somewhat' to 'very much'. 'Somewhat' is used as the cut-off point between a positive and negative contribution to accountability: 'somewhat' and higher scores are considered as aiding accountability.