National and Regional Parliaments in the Context of Brexit: The Case of Belgium

Sierens, Vivien Denis; Brack, Nathalie

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“…Data were retrieved from the website of each of these assemblies. 7 This dataset was also used in Sierens and Brack (2019). In most legislatures, MPs can ask either written or oral questions.…”

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The politics of the Brexit debate abroad: an analysis of parliamentary questions on Brexit in Belgian parliaments

Sierens

Brack

2020

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

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The Brexit referendum in June 2016 marked a critical point for European integration and has quickly attracted attention from scholars. However, the literature so far has focused on the UK and the EU level, neglecting the symmetric risk exposures and the diverging views around Brexit within the Member states. This article aims at contributing to filling this gap by analyzing to what extent the attention paid to Brexit differs across parliaments in a multilevel setting and whether parties emphasize the same issue across different levels? It relies on a unique database of parliamentary questions in the Belgian (regional and federal) parliaments between 2013 and 2017 and combines social network analysis and a loglinear modeling to analyze how Brexit has been framed and discussed in Belgium.

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The politics of the Brexit debate abroad: an analysis of parliamentary questions on Brexit in Belgian parliaments

Sierens

Brack

2020

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

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“…in security relations (Poland), financial regulation (Luxembourg) or simply as a liberal counterweight to France (Germany). At the same time, the chapters also show that most parliaments were at best moderately active, with the exception of Ireland where Brexit was a particularly sensitive issue (Bar Cendón 2019; Barrett 2019; Boronska-Hryniewiecka 2019; Buth et al 2019;Sierens and Brack 2019).…”

Section: The Activities Of Parliaments In Their Respective Arenasmentioning

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“…Even comparatively strong parliaments had a limited influence on their governments, mostly because the absence of polarization meant that there was no need to try and influence the negotiations. In some cases, a traditionally weak role in EU affairs or a limited administrative capacity also played a role, for example in the case of the Belgian regional parliaments (Sierens and Brack 2019) or the Irish parliament (Barrett 2019). However, even though the Polish parliament has comparatively strong scrutiny powers in EU affairs, the Senate only held a single committee meeting on Brexit.…”

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Parliamentary Scrutiny of Brexit in the EU-27

Högenauer

2021

International Journal of Parliamentary Studies

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Concerns about a democratic deficit in the European Union reached new heights in recent years, as the organization has had to address a number of highly politicized challenges. In this context, the question of how much oversight should be exercised by the European Parliament (ep) and national parliaments individually or collectively becomes increasingly salient. Against this background, this article argues that on the issue of Brexit the ep has been quick to carve out a role for itself. However, unlike in previous trade negotiations, national parliaments took a backseat on Brexit despite its potential impact on member states. This is largely due to the similarity of national and party positions on Brexit. In addition, the way the different interparliamentary bodies addressed Brexit reveals the limitations of these bodies in terms of their powers and the depth of their discussions.

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National and Regional Parliaments in the Context of Brexit: The Case of Belgium

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The politics of the Brexit debate abroad: an analysis of parliamentary questions on Brexit in Belgian parliaments

The politics of the Brexit debate abroad: an analysis of parliamentary questions on Brexit in Belgian parliaments

Parliamentary Scrutiny of Brexit in the EU-27

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