National Parliaments Within the Enlarged European Union

This book presents a wide range of perspectives on the role of national parliaments in EU politics and policy-making, looking at efforts to address perceived democratic and information 'deficits.'

This book presents a wide range of perspectives on the role of national parliaments in EU politics and policy-making, looking at efforts to address perceived democratic and information ‘deficits.’

1. Introduction: Deparliamentarization Through European Integration? Part 1: National Parliaments and European Integration 2. Accountability through National Parliaments: Practice and Problems 3. Interparliamentary Cooperation within Europe 4. European Scrutiny in National Parliaments: Individual Efforts in the Collective Interest 5. National Parliaments in the EU Constitutional Treaty Part 2: National Parliaments in the 'Old' European Union 6. The EU in National Parliaments - Domestic or Foreign Policy? A Study of the Nordic Parliamentary Systems 7. South European National Parliaments and the European Union: An Inconsistent Reactive Revival 8. The French and German Systems of Parliamentary Oversight: Explaining Variations in Participation 9. Scrutiny of EU Legislation in the UK Parliament - The First Thirty Years...and Beyond? 10. Ireland: Enhanced Parliamentary Scrutiny of European Affairs: But is it Effective? Conlan Part 3: National Parliaments in the New Member States 11. The Polish Parliament and EU Affairs: An Effective Actor or an Accidental Hero? 12. The Role of the Hungarian Parliament in EU Policy-Making after Accession to the Union: A Mute Witness or a True Controller? 13. The National Assembly of Slovenia and EU Affairs Before and After Accession 14. The Bulgarian National Assembly and Oversight of the Accession Process 15. Conclusions: National Parliaments in the Enlarged European Union: Learning how to Play the European Game?