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Democratic Accountability and National Parliaments – Re-Defining the Impact of Parliamentary Scrutiny in EU Affairs

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The question of strengths and weaknesses of national parliaments in EU affairs, one of the most salient in the debate on the democratic legitimacy of the EU, is generally answered by assessing formal parliamentary powers which can influence their governments' EU policy. Such an evaluation, however, is flawed: Formal mandating rights are usually incompatible with the overall logic of parliamentary systems, which explains why most national parliaments make very little use of them. Even more imp...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
Politics and Int Relations
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell
Journal:
European Law Journal
Volume:
Volume 13 (4)
Pages:
487-504
Publication date:
2007-11-01
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uuid:cc720c40-cee9-4def-81da-179d074f6111
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Source identifiers:
148
Deposit date:
2011-08-19

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