Why does the EU deal with some issues but not others? This is the central question of this book dedicated to agenda-setting processes in the EU. Through a comparison of EU and US policy agendas and the analysis of four case studies in environmental and health policy, this book offers a new understanding of how policy issues come onto the EU agenda.

SEBASTIAAN PRINCEN is Associate Professor in the School of Governance, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. He holds an MA in public administration and public policy studies from the University of Twente and a PhD from Utrecht University. His research interests focus on policy-making processes in the European Union and other international organizations.