After Lisbon: National Parliaments in the European Union

Auel, Katrin; Christiansen, Thomas

doi:10.1080/01402382.2014.990693

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“…In many national parliaments, the era of the permissive consensus -if it ever fully existed -is over and they aim to play a more crucial role in European politics not only since the Euro crisis. Although parliaments' engagement with European governance remains selective and is conditioned by institutional factors, issue salience and party politics, there seems to be a more general politicisation trend (Auel and Christiansen 2015). Wonka (2015) illustrates this development for the German Bundestag during the Euro crisis.…”

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Introduction: the differentiated politicisation of European governance

Wilde

Leupold

Schmidtke

2015

West European Politics

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Introduction: the differentiated politicisation of European governance

Wilde

Leupold

Schmidtke

2015

West European Politics

295

164

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“…Parliaments associated with single‐party governments will be less interested in getting involved in the ES than parliaments associated with coalition governments as the government–opposition dynamics is less likely to make a dent in the former than in the latter case (Auel & Benz, ; Wonka & Göbel, ). Katrin Auel and her colleagues also underline that it is not just the institutional prerogatives of parliaments that explain their degree of ownership of the Semester (as originally hypothesized by Auel, ), but motivational factors as well (Auel & Christiansen, ; Auel & Höing, ; Auel, Rozenberg & Tacea, ).…”

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The European Semester: Democratic Weaknesses as Limits to Learning

Papadopoulos¹,

Piattoni²

2019

European Policy Analysis

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In this contribution to the symposium “What's the problem? Multilevel governance and problem‐solving,” we discuss possible reasons that make difficult for the European Semester to achieve the goals of developing mutual learning and the acquisition of “ownership” over fiscal restraint, budgetary coordination and structural reforms. We underscore the uneasy coupling of a “soft” multilevel governance mode with “hard” forms of governance associated with power politics and domination. We claim that four major problems undermine the Semester's credibility and effectiveness: (1) a democratic deficit resulting from executive dominance, the relative sidelining of parliaments and the marginalization of the public, which confine learning to governmental and administrative circles; (2) the constitutionalization of budgetary policy choices, which constrains the available policy options and preempts reflection and discussion; (3) the “disciplinary logic” imposed through asymmetric intergovernmentalism, which invites noncompliance or bargaining, and (4) the “tough” treatment of debtor Eurozone members outside the Semester.

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“…As a matter of fact, several reforms have been implemented to achieve a better institutional balance of power between the executive and the legislative branches (Auel and Christiansen 2015, Raunio 2009, Winzen 2010. In most EU member states, "European Affairs…”

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Who Europeanises parliamentary attention, on which issues and how? A policy agenda perspective

Gava

Sciarini

Varone

2017

The Journal of Legislative Studies

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This paper contributes to the literature on the Europeanization of national parliaments by looking at the behavioral dimension of Europeanization in the Swiss Parliament. We examine the differences in parliamentary interventions on EU-related issues over time, between types of instruments (agendasetting versus control) and across parties. Moreover, we measure the attention devoted to various policy issues and the tone of parliamentary interventions. Empirically, we analyze with descriptive statistical tools EU-related parliamentary interventions introduced in the Swiss parliament over 30 years . Results show that parliamentary attention to the EU is strongly influenced by the activism of the Swiss People's Party, a Eurosceptic party member of the Swiss governing "coalition".

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After Lisbon: National Parliaments in the European Union

Cited by 77 publications

References 39 publications

Introduction: the differentiated politicisation of European governance

Introduction: the differentiated politicisation of European governance

The European Semester: Democratic Weaknesses as Limits to Learning

Who Europeanises parliamentary attention, on which issues and how? A policy agenda perspective

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