Democratic Control in the Member States of the European Council and the Euro Zone Summits (Study and Annex 1 - 2)
The European Council is increasingly central to the governance of the European Union. Even if national parliaments have originally focused their involvement in EU affairs on the ordinary legislative process, most of the chambers have started to develop specific activities, before or after European summits. From ex-ante influence to ex-post accountability, seven different models of control have been identified. Beyond their differences rooted in national democratic systems, they call for twelve recommendations listed in this report.
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Annex 1
Annex 2
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Wolfgang WESSELS (Trans European Policy Studies Association), Olivier ROZENBERG (Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute), Mirte VAN DEN BERGE (Trans European Policy Studies Association), Claudia HEFFTLER (Trans European Policy Studies Association), Valentin KREILINGER (Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute) and Laura VENTURA (Trans European Policy Studies Association)
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- access to information
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European construction
- European Council
- EUROPEAN UNION
- europeanisation
- executive power and public service
- FINANCE
- head of government
- information and information processing
- inter-parliamentary cooperation
- international affairs
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- monetary relations
- national parliament
- parliament
- parliamentary scrutiny
- participating country
- political opposition
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- summit meeting