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

329 Pages·2007·1.36 MB·English

by  O'Brennan Rauni

National Parliaments within the
Enlarged European Union
Thisbookpresentsawiderangeofperspectivesontheroleofnationalparliaments
in EU politics and policy-making. Many accounts of the role of national
parliaments portray them as passive victims of European integration. This
studyinsteadexaminestheirrolewithintheEUpolicy-makingprocess,looking
ateffortstoaddressperceiveddemocraticandinformation‘deficits’.
Bringing together leading scholars in the fields of European studies, public
policy analysis and legislative research, this new volume provides:
• A thorough and wide-ranging synthetic analysis of the position of national
parliaments within the EU policy-making structures.
(cid:127) Arangeofdetailedcountrystudies,including,forthefirsttime,ananalysisof
the new member state parliaments in Central and Eastern Europe.
(cid:127) Ananalysisofthesignificantchangestothepositionofnationalparliaments
brought about by the recent Convention process and the provisions of the
EU’s Constitutional Treaty.
Makinganimportantcontributiontoanemergingcomparativeliteratureon
theparliamentarydimensiontoEUpublicpolicy-making,thistextwillinterest
students and researchers in the fields of European integration, EU politics and
publicpolicyanalysis.
JohnO’BrennanisLecturerinEuropeanPoliticsintheDepartmentofPolitics
and Public Administration at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
Tapio Raunio is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tampere,
Finland.
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45 The Europeanization of
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From ‘victims’ of integration to
40 European Union competitive actors?
Peacebuilding and Policing Edited by John O’Brennan and
Michael Merlingen with Tapio Raunio
Rasa Ostrauskaite
National Parliaments
within the Enlarged
European Union
From ‘victims’ of integration to
competitive actors?
Edited by John O’Brennan
and Tapio Raunio
First published 2007
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National parliaments within the enlarged European Union: from victims
of integration to competitive actors?/edited by John O’Brennan and
Tapio Raunio.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Legislative bodies–European Union countries. 2. European Union
countries–Politics and government. I. O’Brennan, John, 1969–
II. Raunio, Tapio.
JN36.N357 2007
328.4–dc22 2006034973
ISBN 0-203-96212-5 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN10: 0–415–39935–1 (hbk)
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Contents
Listofillustrations ix
Aboutthecontributors x
Acknowledgments xiv
1 Introduction: deparliamentarization and European
integration 1
JOHNO’BRENNANANDTAPIORAUNIO
PART I
NationalparliamentsandEuropeanintegration 27
2 Accountability through national parliaments: practice
and problems 29
MUIRISMACCARTHAIGH
3 Interparliamentary cooperation within Europe 46
CHRISTINABENGTSON
4 European scrutiny in national parliaments: individual
efforts in the collective interest? 66
PHILIPPKIIVER
5 National legislatures in the EU Constitutional Treaty 79
TAPIORAUNIO
PART II
Nationalparliamentsinthe‘old’EuropeanUnion 93
6 The European Union in national parliaments: domestic or
foreign policy? A study of Nordic parliamentary systems 95
HANSHEGELAND
viii Contents
7 South European national parliaments and the European
Union: an inconsistent reactive revival 116
JOSÉMAGONE
8 TheFrenchAssembléeNationaleandtheGermanBundestagin
theEuropeanUnion:towardsconvergenceinthe‘old’Europe? 132
CARINASPRUNGK
9 Scrutiny of EU legislation in the UK parliament:
the first thirty years … and beyond? 163
ADAMCYGAN
10 Ireland: enhanced parliamentary scrutiny of European
affairs: but is it effective? 178
PATRICIACONLAN
PART III
Nationalparliamentsinthenewmemberstates 201
11 The Polish parliament and EU affairs: an effective actor
or an accidental hero? 203
ADAM˜AZOWSKI
12 TheroleoftheHungarianNationalAssemblyinEUpolicy-
makingafteraccessiontotheUnion:amutewitnessor
atruecontroller? 220
ENIKO´´ GYO´´RI
13 The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia and EU
affairs before and after accession 241
PRIMO¦VEHAR
14 Parliamentary involvement in the EU accession process:
the Bulgarian experience 255
PAVLINASTOYKOVA
15 Conclusion:nationalparliamentsgraduallylearningto
playtheEuropeangame? 272
JOHNO’BRENNANANDTAPIORAUNIO
Bibliography 287
Index 307
Illustrations
Figures
1.1 Parliamentary scrutiny of EU affairs 16
Tables
1.1 National parliaments’ adaptation to European integration 9
3.1 Involvement by national parliaments in European affairs 47
6.1 The five aspects and the two ideal types 96
6.2 How EU matters are dealt with in Denmark, Finland and Sweden
from five aspects 111
7.1 The Southern European parliaments 118