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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The ‘euro toolkit’: How to save Schengen in four key steps
The European Commission presented proposals on 15 December 2015 related to the Schengen area and the Frontex border agency, with the European Council due to meet on 17-18 December 2015 to discuss the proposals and how to resolve the ongoing refugee crisis. In light of the proposed reforms, Valentin Kreilinger writes that Europe’s handling of the …
David Cameron’s proposal to give national parliaments a ‘red card’ over EU laws is deeply flawed
David Cameron has sent a letter to the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, outlining the key elements that he will seek in a renegotiation of the UK’s EU membership. As Valentin Kreilinger writes, one of Cameron’s demands is to strengthen the role of national parliaments in the EU’s legislative process, with the provision of …
The UK wants to play cards: Stronger national parliaments in the EU
In an guest article for the series about David Cameron’s reform demands on Manuel Müller’s blog “Der (europäische) Föderalist”, I wrote about the “red card” idea (Link). D(e)F @tineurope: The UK wants to play cards: Stronger national parliaments in the EU https://t.co/vb1eAGRFhz #EUref #EUreform #EUreferendum — Manuel Müller (@foederalist) November 1, 2015 .@tineurope questions the …
#SOTEU: Der Kommissionspräsident als Feuerwehrmann und Architekt
In seiner ersten Rede zur Lage der Europäischen Union legte Jean-Claude Juncker am 9.9.2015 seine politischen Prioritäten dar. Valentin Kreilinger erläutert in diesem Blogpost, wie sich diese 2010 eingeführte Tradition in das institutionelle System der EU einfügt und welche die Rolle die Rede des Kommissionspräsidenten spielt. Blogpost für das Jacques Delors Institut – Berlin
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 …
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 …
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. …