The European Parliament’s Right of inquiry in context - A comparison of the national and the European legal frameworks
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16-03-2020
One of Parliament’s main tools of political control vis-à-vis the EU executive is its capacity to establish Committees of inquiry. This possibility, now formally recognised in Article 226 TFEU, has existed since 1981 but it has been scarcely used by Parliament. This study provides an analysis of Parliament’s right of inquiry as it stands after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, and examines how it has evolved since it was first introduced. It also compares Parliament’s right of inquiry with the investigatory powers of other European Union institutions and bodies, and with the rules governing the right of inquiry of Member State parliaments. The study concludes with some proposals for reform.
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Tipo di pubblicazione
Parole chiave
- commissione d'inchiesta
- diritto dell'Unione europea
- documentazione
- indagine parlamentare
- istituzioni dell'Unione europea e funzione pubblica europea
- ISTRUZIONE E COMUNICAZIONE
- Parlamento
- Parlamento europeo
- parlamento nazionale
- rapporto di ricerca
- trattato di Lisbona
- trattato sul funzionamento dell'UE
- UNIONE EUROPEA
- VITA POLITICA