Scrutinising the European Semester in national parliaments: what are the drivers of parliamentary involvement?
| Autor: | Valentin Kreilinger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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050502 law
Sociology and Political Science Parliament Budget process media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences language.human_language 0506 political science German Irish Political economy Political science Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration language Economic and monetary union media_common.cataloged_instance European union Portuguese Sovereign debt 0505 law media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of European Integration. 40:325-340 |
| ISSN: | 1477-2280 0703-6337 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07036337.2018.1450402 |
| Popis: | How exactly are national parliaments involved in the European Semester? The stronger coordination of fiscal and economic policies in the European Union (EU) in reaction to the sovereign debt crisis has forced national parliaments to adapt their procedures. This article examines how the European Semester is scrutinised and what factors have driven parliamentary activities in the French National Assembly, the German Bundestag, the Irish Dail and the Portuguese Assembleia between 2012 and 2017. Particularly noteworthy is that legal provisions for a parliamentary debate on the Stability Programme can be ignored in France, that the German Bundestag is much less active in the European Semester than in EU affairs or in the budget process and that the weakness of Ireland’s parliament in the annual budget procedure affects its role in the European Semester. This article therefore suggests defining minimum standards for parliamentary involvement and strengthening interparliamentary cooperation |
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