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The European Parliament (EP) has traditionally pushed for the deepening of the European Union (EU) and its democratic reform. First established as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1951-1952, a large majority of its delegated Members enthusiastically supported the organisation’s evolution in a federal direction, including a government dependent on parliamentary support and a parliament with fully fledged legislative and budgetary powers. More recently, the EP ...

During the November I plenary session, the European Parliament is due to decide on amendments to the Council's position on the draft EU budget for 2021. The Parliament is preparing its reading in the extraordinary situation of a lack of agreement on the forthcoming multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021-2027 and in the context of the far-reaching consequences of the coronavirus crisis. The report of the Committee on Budgets reverses many of the reductions proposed by the Council. Furthermore ...

Το Συμβούλιο αποτελεί το θεσμικό όργανο που, μαζί με το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο, εγκρίνει τη νομοθεσία της ΕΕ μέσω κανονισμών και οδηγιών και καταρτίζει αποφάσεις και μη δεσμευτικές συστάσεις. Στους τομείς των αρμοδιοτήτων του, λαμβάνει τις αποφάσεις του με απλή πλειοψηφία, ειδική πλειοψηφία ή ομοφωνία, ανάλογα με τη νομική βάση των πράξεων που χρειάζονται την έγκρισή του.

This study provides a history of budgetary powers and politics in the EU during the period 1957-1978, focusing on the role of what was then still a non-(or indirectly) elected European Parliament. It follows a timeline divided into three periods: (i) beginnings (1957-1964), (ii) preparations for modification of the Treaty (1965-1969), and (iii) the first phase of democratic control (1970-1978). The modifications to the Treaty of Rome, with the two budgetary treaties of 1970 and 1975, were the results ...

On 7 July 2015, the European Parliament (EP) is due to consider a report by its Committee on Budgets, which gives a first analysis of the draft 2016 EU budget proposed by the European Commission, highlighting the priorities for the EP in the coming negotiations with the Council.

This study is the first part of a series which will analyse inter-institutional relations in the budgetary domain, with a particular focus on the evolution of the role of the European Parliament. The ECSC and its budget was a very interesting case with its specific features – autonomy of the executive, a fiscal mechanism, and the capacity to contract loans and lend money. Was this approach successful? Why were these mechanisms not replicated in the European Community? To what extent did the struggles ...

This study explores the powers of the EP and six selected national parliaments (the British, Danish, French, Irish, Italian and Polish) in setting, amending and scrutinising budgets. It then considers European engagement in three conflict regions – Libya, Palestine and Afghanistan – assessing how the selected parliaments have overseen various aspects of foreign policy, including finance for core activities and responses to sudden crises, and considers whether there are possible synergies between ...

This paper considers the role the European Parliament should play under a new European Semester. It begins with a discussion of what legislatures generally do in economic policy and in fiscal policy in particular. It then considers the nature of the problem facing European governance and possible institutional changes to address it. It documents one problem in particular--the Council of Ministers routinely weakens the text of recommendations the Commission proposes for individual Member States under ...

Executive summary The aim of this study is to provide recommendations and guidelines of both a technical and political nature to ensure effective parliamentary oversight of aid provided as budget support. The study, commissioned by the European Parliament, investigated oversight of budget support in Canada, the EC and the European Parliament, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. It researched budget support oversight and how it interfaces with donor agency budget support manages practices ...

The study presents the legal and political framework of the EP's institutional position in the EU's common foreign and security policy and analyses the constitutional role of selected national parliaments in foreign policy.