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090 _aKD 35.E86
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245 0 0 _aNational parliaments and European democracy :
_ba bottom-up approach to European constitutionalism /
_cedited by Olaf Tans, Carla Zoethout, and Jit Peters.
260 _aGroningen :
_bEuropa Law Publishing,
_c2007.
300 _a253 p. :
_bill., table ;
_c24 cm.
505 _aIntroduction: National Parliaments and the European CHAPTER 1 Union; In Search of Common Ground Olaf Tans -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Bottom-up Approach to European Constitutionalism Research-design -- 3 Conceptualising 'National Parliamentary Control of EU Decision-making' -- 3.1 A Threefold Analysis of National Constitutional Regimes I Constitutional Norms Regarding National Parliamentary Control of EU Decision-making -- II The Relevance of Practices and Habits -- III Widening the Scope to the Political System and Culture a Large -- 4. Conclusion -- Appendix: Questionnaire -- The Finnish Eduskunta: Effective Scrutiny, Partisan CHAPTER 2 Consensus Tapio Raunio -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background: Constitutional Reform and Preparing for EU- Membership-- 3. Controlling the Government in EU Matters -- 3.1 Accountability and Control Instruments -- 3.2 Scrutiny of EU Matters -- 3.4 Partisan Consensus -- 3.4 Attitudes towards Interparliamentary Cooperation -- 4. The Eduskunta and the Constitutional Treaty -- 5 Conclusion -- 4 Parliamentary Control of EU Decision-making in Germany; Supportive Federal Scrutiny and Restrictive CHAPTER 3 Regional Action Daniel Thym -- 1. Introduction -- 2 Constitutional Framework -- 3. Normative Framework -- 4. Information: Irrelevance through Overload? -- 4.1 Normative Concept -- 4.2 Practice and Problems -- 4.3 The Way Ahead -- 5. Bundestag: Supportive Scrutiny -- 5.1 Practice and Problems 5.2 Normative Concept -- 5.3 Way Ahead -- 6 Bundesrat: Preserving Federalism -- 6.1 Normative Concept -- 6.2 Practice and Problems -- 6.3 Way Ahead -- 7. Conclusion -- EU Affairs before the United Kingdom Parliament; A CHAPTER 4 Case of Scrutiny as Substitute Sovereignty? Adam Cygan -- 1. Introduction -- 2 The Legal, Political and Constitutional Context of Scrutiny -- 3 Brief History of Parliamentary Scrutiny in the United Kingdom -- 4. The Heterogeneity of National Scrutiny Procedures -- 5. Scrutiny of European Union Legislation by the Westminster Parliament -- 6 The House of Commons - European Scrutiny Committee -- 7 The House of Lords - Select Committee on the Union and its Sub-Committees European -- 8 Impact of the Scrutiny Process within the UK Parliament -- 9 Scrutiny as Substitute Sovereignty? -- ΙΟ Future Reform of the UK Scrutiny Process -- Belgian Parliaments and EU Decision-making: "In the CHAPTER 5 Government We Trust" Hendrik Vos, Sofie Staelraeve, Carl Devos, Jan Orbie, Hilde Van Liefferinge, An Schrijvers -- 1. Introduction -- 2 How Parliamentary Control of EU Decision-making is Organised in Belgium -- 2.1 A Uniquely Composed Federal Advisory Committee -- 2.2 The Functioning of the Federal Advisory Committee -- 2.3 The Standing Committees and European affairs -- 2.4 The Flow of Information 2.5 Control of EU Decision-making by the Federal Parliament - an Evaluation -- 2.6 The European Role of Regions and Communities -- 2.7 Regional Parliaments and EU Decision-making: The Case of Flanders -- 3 Why Parliamentary Control of EU Decision-making in Belgium is Weak -- 3.1 Normative Signs of a Powerful Parliament -- 3.2 Belgium: "The Most Thorough Example of Consociational Democracy" -- 3.3 Belgium: An Ever Further Federalizing State -- 4. Conclusion -- Control of EU Decision-making in the Hungarian CHAPTER 6 National Assembly: the Experience of a new Member State Klara Szalay and Angela Juhasz-Tóth -- 1. Introduction -- 2 Norms and Powers Regulating National Parliamentary Control of EU Decision-making -- 3 Scrutiny of EU Affairs in the National Assembly -- 3.1 Scope of Information 3.2 Process of Discussion -- 3.3 Parliamentary Influence -- 3.4 Other Forms of Parliamentary Control -- 4. Dilemmas Relating to the Practice of Parliamentary Control of EU Decision-making -- 5 Widening the Perspective -- 6 Conclusion -- The Parliament of Austria: A "Normative" Tiger? CHAPTER 7 Barbara Blümel and Christine Neuhold -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Norms Regulating the Flow of Information about EU --Decision-making (with a Link to the Respective Provisions U in the Constitutional Treaty) -- 3 Norms Regulating National Parliamentary Control of EU Decision-making and Institutional Setting of Parliamentary Scrutiny -- 3.1 Legal Provisions Regulating Parliamentary Participation -- 3.2 The Institutional Setting of Parliamentary Scrutiny -- 4. Evaluation of Parliamentary Scrutiny in EU Affairs -- 4.1 The Scope of Parliamentary Scrutiny -- 4.1.1 The Number of Documents Submitted to the Austrian Parliament -- 4.1.2 The Number of EC/EU Documents Actually Considered by Parliament -- 4.2 The Political Implications of Parliamentary Scrutiny -- 5. Discussion -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- The Dutch Parliament and the EU; A Constitutional CHAPTER 8 Analysis Olaf Tans -- 1 Introduction -- 2. Some General Constitutional Features -- 3 Controlling Power -- 3.I Constitutional Norms Governing the Flow of Information about EU Decision-making -- 3.2 Constitutional Norms Governing the Power to Influence EU Decision-making -- 4. Practices and Habits Affecting Parliamentary Controlling 4 Power -- 4.I General Procedures to Control EU Decision-making -- 4.2 The Approval-procedure concerning Decision-making in the Third Pillar -- 4.3 The Joint Committee on the Application of Subsidiarity -- 5 Complications of the Dutch Scrutiny-system -- 5.1 The Fiction of Ministerial Responsibility -- 5.2 Low Level of Parliamentary Involvement -- 5.3 The Non-political Nature of Parliamentary Scrutiny -- 6 Conclusion -- National Parliamentary Control of EU Decision-making in Denmark APTER 9 Peter Riis -- 1. Introduction: Denmark's Hesitant Approach to the EU -- 2. Constitutional Background of the Danish Scrutiny System -- 2.1 The Danish Parliamentary System -- 2.2 The Danish Constitution on Foreign Policy, Referendums and Transfer of Sovereignty -- 2.3 The Legal Basis of the Mandate System -- 3 The Danish Decision-making Process with regard to European Affairs -- 3.1 The National Decision-making Process - In Brief -- 3.2 How does the Government obtain a Mandate for Negotiation -- 3.4 Referendums on EU-matters - Direct Democracy in Practice -- 4. The Parliament's Treatment of EU-issues -- 4.1 Early Treatment of EU-issues in the EAC and in the Sector Committees -- 4.2 The Subsidiarity Check -- 4.3 Systematic Treatment of Green and White Papers -- 4.4 Openness in the European Affairs Committee -- 4.5 Cooperation with Members of the European Parliament -- 5. Conclusion and Future Perspectives -- Parliamentary Control of EU Decision-making in the CHAPTER IO Czech Republic Lenka Pítrová and Martina Coxová -- 1. Introduction -- 2.The General Idea of the Czech Scrutiny System -- 3 Constitutional Norms Governing Parliamentary Control -- 3.I The 'Euro-amendment' to the Czech Constitution -- 3.2 The 'Euro-amendments' to the Rules of Procedure of Czech Parliament -- 3.2.1 The Euro-amendment of the Rules of Procedure of the Chamber of Deputies -- 3.2.2 The Euro-amendment of the Rules of Procedure of the Senate -- 3.3 The Government Directive on Transmission of Draft European Legislative Proposals to the Parliament -- 4. Assessment of the Enacted Amendments -- 4 The Chamber of Deputies -- 4.1 The Senate -- 4.2 Experiences with the New Model of Parliamentary Control -- 5 The Chamber of Deputies -- 5.1 The Senate -- 6 Some Comments on a Future and Better Organisation of National Parliamentary Control of EU Decision-Making -- 7. Conclusion -- Conclusion: National Parliaments and the European Union; Coping with the Limits of Democracy Olaf Tans -- 1. Introduction -- 2 National Constitutions and European Scrutiny: Exploring Common Ground -- 2.1 The Pivotal Role of Ministerial Responsibility -- 2.2 The Contours of a Common Practice -- 2.3 A Common Political Culture? -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 3. The Future Role of National Parliaments in the EU - Issues for Debate -- 3.1 The Limits of Ministerial Responsibility -- 3.2 Vices and Virtues of Ex Ante Mechanisms -- 3.3 More Direct Involvement of National Parliaments in EU Decision-making? -- 3.4 Going Beyond the Input-legitimising Role of National Parliaments -- 3.5 A Plea for More Debate in National Parliaments -- 4 Conclusion -- Contributors.
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