community method

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The community method{{cite journal|title=The European Union's Community Method|first=Youri|last=Devuyst|date=24 May 2018|journal=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics|doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.153}} (also known as the Union method){{better source needed|date=June 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/charles-grant/europes-choice-monnet-vs-de-gaulle|title=Europe's choice: Monnet vs de Gaulle|website=openDemocracy|access-date=2018-08-21|archive-date=2018-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821160649/https://www.opendemocracy.net/charles-grant/europes-choice-monnet-vs-de-gaulle|url-status=dead}} refers to decision making processes in the European Union (EU) which emphasize the roles of the supranational decision making bodies such as the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.{{cite book|chapter=The Community Method|chapter-url=http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546688.001.0001/acprof-9780199546688-chapter-4|website=Oxford Scholarship Online|accessdate=10 July 2014|isbn=9780191719998|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2008-09-25|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546688.003.0004|title=Constitutional Principles of EU External Relations|last1=De Baere|first1=Geert|pages=73–98}}{{cite book|last1=Kaczorowska|first1=Alina|title=European Union law|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|location=Abingdon, Oxon, London|isbn=9780415695978|page=10|edition=Third}}{{Cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/glossary/community_intergovernmental_methods.html|title=Glossary of summaries - EUR-Lex|website=eur-lex.europa.eu|access-date=2018-12-19}} The community method can be contrasted with intergovernmental decision making processes used in the former second and third pillars of the Union in which the European Commission and European Parliament played less important roles, and to intergovernmental cooperation outside of the formal EU processes, such as the Schengen Agreement (1985) before the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997).