1st Edition
The European Parliament in Challenging Times The Ninth Session of the EP, 2019–2024
Introduction - The European Parliament in challenging times: The ninth session of the EP, 2019–2024
Martin Steven
1. Unity in adversity: Has the grand coalition survived fragmentation and COVID-19 in the 9th European Parliament?
Nathalie Brack, Awenig Marié and Olivier Costa
2. The challenges of policy oversight for the European Parliament: How the committee system is adapting in its scrutiny of budgetary expenditure
Paul Stephenson
3. The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR): ‘Eurorealism’ in the ninth European Parliament
Martin Steven
4. Politicisation of asylum and refugees and the signs of political contagion effect in European Parliament
Dina Sebastião
5. The European Parliament and the COVID-19 crisis
Francis B. Jacobs and Mechthild Roos
6. The European Parliament and gender equality promotion through parliamentary diplomacy
Davor Jancic
7. The role of national parliaments and European Parliament as guardians of European values: The case of democracy and the rule of law in Cyprus
Katerina Kalaitzaki
8. The European Parliament as an agenda promoter in EU foreign policy: The genesis of the EU diplomatic academy
Paula Lamoso-González
Biography
Martin Steven is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University, UK. He is the Jean Monnet European Union Studies academic coordinator and founding convener of the European Parliament Academic Research Network.
