National Parliaments within the Enlarged European Union: From victims of integration to competitive actors? (Routledge Advances in European Politics)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 10
Contributors......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 15
Abbreviations......Page 16
1 Introduction: Deparliamentarization and European integration......Page 18
Part I: National parliaments and European integration......Page 44
2 Accountability through national parliaments: Practice and problems......Page 46
3 Interparliamentary cooperation within Europe......Page 63
4 European scrutiny in national parliaments: Individual efforts in the collective interest?......Page 83
5 National legislatures in the EU Constitutional Treaty......Page 96
Part II: National parliaments in the ‘old’ European Union......Page 110
6 The European Union in national parliaments: Domestic or foreign policy? A study of Nordic parliamentary systems......Page 112
7 South European national parliaments and the European Union: An inconsistent reactive revival......Page 133
8 The French Assemblée Nationale and the German Bundestag in the European Union: Towards convergence in the ‘old’ Europe?......Page 149
9 Scrutiny of EU legislation in the UK parliament: The first thirty years … and beyond?......Page 180
10 Ireland: enhanced parliamentary scrutiny of European affairs: But is it effective?......Page 195
Part III: National parliaments in the new member states......Page 218
11 The Polish parliament and EU affairs: An effective actor or an accidental hero?......Page 220
12 The role of the Hungarian National Assembly in EU policy-making after accession to the Union: A mute witness or a true controller?......Page 237
13 The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia and EU affairs before and after accession......Page 258
14 Parliamentary involvement in the EU accession process: The Bulgarian experience......Page 272
15 Conclusion: National parliaments gradually learning to play the European game?......Page 289
Bibliography......Page 304
Index......Page 324