Jahresrückblick 2015: Die EU spielt mit dem Feuer
Der Jahresrückblick des Jacques Delors Institut – Berlin erschien am 16. Dezember 2015 als Gastbeitrag in der Frankfurter Rundschau (Link).
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Asymmetric parliamentary powers: the case of the third rescue package for Greece
In his blog post, Valentin Kreilinger provides an overview of the participation of national parliaments on the third package for Greece. He shows that parliamentary power in the euro area is distributed asymmetrically. Only the German Bundestag votes on the start and the result of negotiations. In Estonia, Finland and Austria, deliberation and voting is …
National parliaments in the negotiations on an ESM programme with Greece
The info-graphic to my new blog post for the Jacques Delors Institut – Berlin, also published by the Hertie School of Governance (Link): [tweet https://twitter.com/delorsinstitut/status/620973152307445760 align=’center’]
Five Presidents’ Report: Where are the Parliaments?
Am 22. Juni 2015 haben die Präsidenten von Europäischer Kommission, Europäischem Rat, Euro-Gruppe, Europäischer Zentralbank und Europäischem Parlament den Bericht „Die Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion vollenden“ vorgelegt. Dieser Bericht wurde am 26. Juni 2015 von den Staats- und Regierungschefs „zur Kenntnis genommen“ und der EU-Ministerrat wurde ersucht, ihn „umgehend zu prüfen“. Der nun angestoßene Prozess erscheint …
Efforts to increase inter-parliamentary cooperation in the EU are progressing at a snail’s pace
The principle of increasing the role of national parliaments in the EU’s legislative process has been promoted by several political actors, with the Treaty of Lisbon introducing a so called ‘yellow card’ system under which national parliaments can force the European Commission to review a legislative proposal. Valentin Kreilinger writes on recent decisions and initiatives …
Where is cooperation between national parliaments and the European Parliament going?
How could the dominance of the executives in the EU economic and financial governance be pushed back? Valentin Kreilinger – Associated Reseacher at Jacques Delors Institut Berlin – advises to make inter-parliamentary cooperation attractive for MPs/MEPs and to clarify organizational issues.
The relationship between national parliaments and the European Parliament remains contested in the area of economic governance
The Fiscal Compact, which was signed by 25 of the EU’s member states in 2012, foresaw the creation of an inter-parliamentary conference to enable national parliaments to discuss major issues of economic and financial governance. The third meeting of this ‘Inter-parliamentary Conference for Economic and Financial Governance’ will be held on 29 and 30 September. …
Possibilities for upgrading inter-parliamentary cooperation after the 2014 European elections
Article in the Polish Quarterly of International Affairs 1/2014, pp. 57-68. The parliaments in the EU are facing a choice. They may exploit the existing possibilities, continue business as usual (possibly with declining participation in inter-parliamentary cooperation, so no change), or bypass existing interparliamentary structures.