The European Parliament and Enlargement

Donnelly, Brendan; Scroccaro, Alessandra

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“…This change reflected the need for the EP's party groups to improve the overall representation of MEPs from accession states. In the first half of EP6 they had been allocated four committee chairs, only one of which (the Budget Committee) was prestigious, but in the second part of the session two chairs were allocated to these new MEPs: Foreign Affairs and Environment (Donnelly and Bigatto, 2008, p. 87). The appointment of Ouzký also underlined the difficulties of managing the increasingly diverse and cumbersome major party groups in the EP.…”

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Enlargement and the Environment: The Changing Behaviour of the European Parliament*

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Worsfold

2011

J of Common Market Studies

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It was widely anticipated before European Union enlargement that the accession states would have a negative impact on EU environmental governance. By extension, the European Parliament's (EP) reputation as an environmental champion might be threatened by the influx of MEPs from accession states. An analysis of all EP amendments to environmental legislation between 1999 and 2009 reveals that post-enlargement the EP was more successful at securing the adoption of its amendments into law but that these amendments were less radical. These changes arise from the institutional adaptation prompted by enlargement and a broad ideological shift to the right within the EP.

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Enlargement and the Environment: The Changing Behaviour of the European Parliament*

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Worsfold

2011

J of Common Market Studies

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Europe united? The impact of the EU's eastern enlargement, five years on

Pollack

2009

European View

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The 'eastern enlargement' of the European Union in 2004 and 2007 marked the unification of Western and Eastern Europe, yet many scholars feared negative consequences of enlargement-both for the institutions of the EU, which were expected to encounter gridlock in a Union of 27, and possibly for the new members themselves as the end of 'conditionality' might lead to backsliding on political or economic reforms. Despite these concerns, a growing body of EU scholarship has begun to explore both questions, and the results give substantial grounds for optimism. EU institutions have proven remarkably adaptable in the face of enlargement, while the new member states show little or no signs of backsliding, remaining committed to democracy, the rule of law and free markets.

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Europe United? The Impact of the EUUs Eastern Enlargement, Five Years on

Pollack

2009

SSRN Journal

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The European Parliament and Enlargement

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Enlargement and the Environment: The Changing Behaviour of the European Parliament*

Enlargement and the Environment: The Changing Behaviour of the European Parliament*

Europe united? The impact of the EU's eastern enlargement, five years on

Europe United? The Impact of the EUUs Eastern Enlargement, Five Years on

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