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National Parliaments within the Enlarged European Union: From 'Victims' of Integration to Competitive Actors? book cover

1st Edition

National Parliaments within the Enlarged European Union From 'Victims' of Integration to Competitive Actors?

Edited By John O'Brennan, Tapio Raunio Copyright 2007
328 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

336 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

336 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book presents a wide range of perspectives on the role of national parliaments in EU politics and policy-making. Many accounts of the role of national parliaments portray them as passive victims of European integration. This study instead examines their role within the EU policy-making process, looking at efforts to address perceived democratic and information ‘deficits'. Bringing together... Read more

1. Introduction: Deparliamentarization through European Integration?

John O’Brennan and Tapio Raunio

Part One National Parliaments and European Integration

2. Accountability through National Parliaments: Practice and Problems

Muiris MacCarthaigh

3. Interparliamentary Cooperation within Europe

Christina Bengtson

4. European Scrutiny in National Parliaments: Individual Efforts in the Collective Interest?

Philipp Kiiver

5. National Parliaments in the EU Constitutional Treaty

Tapio Raunio

Part Two National Parliaments in the ‘Old’ European Union

6. The EU in National Parliaments – Domestic or Foreign Policy? A study of the Nordic Parliamentary Systems

Hans Hegeland

7. South European National Parliaments and the European Union: An Inconsistent Reactive Revival

JoséMagone

8. The French and German Systems of Parliamentary Oversight: Explaining Variations in Participation

Carina Sprungk

9. Scrutiny of EU Legislation In the UK Parliament– The First Thirty Years…and Beyond?

Adam Cygan

10. Ireland: Enhanced Parliamentary Scrutiny of European Affairs: but is it Effective?

Patricia Conlan

Part Three National Parliaments in the New Member States

11. The Polish Parliament and EU Affairs: An Effective Actor or an Accidental Hero?

Adam Lazowski

12. The Role of the Hungarian Parliament in EU Policy-making after Accession to the Union: A Mute Witness or a True Controller?

Eniko Gyori

13. The National Assembly of Slovenia and EU Affairs Before and After Accession

Primož Vehar

14. The Bulgarian National Assembly and Oversight of the Accession Process

Pavlina Stoykova

15. Conclusions: National Parliaments in the Enlarged European Union: Learning how to Play the European Game?

John O’Brennan and Tapio Raunio

Bibliography

Index

Biography

John O’Brennan is Lecturer in European Politics in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

Tapio Raunio is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tampere, Finland.

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