Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Composite European Constitution

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This collection analyses the place and the functioning of interparliamentary cooperation in the EU composite constitutional order, taking into account both the European and the national dimensions. The chapters join the recent scholarship on the role of parliaments in the EU after the Treaty of Lisbon. The aim of this volume is to highlight the constitutional significance of interparliamentary cooperation as a permanent feature of EU democracy and as a new parliamentary function as well as to investigate the practical side of this relatively new phenomenon. To this end the contributors are academics and parliamentary officials from all over Europe. The volume discusses the developments in interparliamentary cooperation and its implications for the organisation and procedures of national parliaments and the European Parliament, for the fragmented executive of the EU, and for the democratic legitimacy of the overall EU composite Constitution. These issues are examined by looking at the EU legislative process, the European Semester and the Treaty revisions. Moreover, the contributions take into account the effects of interparliamentary cooperation on the internal structure of parliaments and analyse the different models of interparliamentary cooperation, ie from COSAC to the new Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union provided by the Fiscal Compact. Volume 1 in the series Parliamentary Democracy in Europe Acknowledgements Contents List of Contributors Introduction: Parliaments in the Composite European Constitution I. THE HARD TASK OF BEING A PARLIAMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY… II. … AND A WAY FORWARD: THE DEVELOPMENT OF
INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION III.
THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK IV.
STRUCTURE AND RATIONALE OF THE VOLUME Part I: The Role of Parliaments andInterparliamentary Cooperationin the European Union 1.
The Place of National Parliaments within the European Constitutional Order I.
INTRODUCTION II. WHAT KIND OF 'EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER'? III.PARLIAMENTS IN THE 'COMPOSITE CONSTITUTIONAL
ORDER OF EUROPE' IV.
COMPOSITENESS IN LAW AND PRACTICE V.
THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY WITHIN A COMPOSITE
CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER VI.
CONCLUSIONS 2.
Interjudicial Dialogue and
Interparliamentary Dialogue in
the Constitution of the Union I.
DIALOGUE AS A FRAMEWORK OF ANALYSIS II.
THE STRUCTURE OF THE EUROPEAN COMPLEX LEGAL ORDER III.
FROM THE STRUCTURE TO THE ACTORS: THE IDEA OF DIALOGUE IV.
PARLIAMENTARY DIALOGUE V.
A POSSIBLE RESEARCH AGENDA: COMPARING INTERPARLIAMENTARY
AND INTERJUDICIAL DIALOGUE Part II:
Treaty Revisions 3.
The Convention Method I.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: THE CONVENTION METHOD AND BEYOND II.
WHY MEMBER S TATES WERE FORCED TO ABANDON THE PURELY INTERGOVERNMENTAL APPROACH TO THE TREATY REVISION PROCEDURES III.
THE CONVENTION ON THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IV. THE LAEKEN DECLARATION AND THE WORKINGS OF THE CONVENTION ON THE FUTURE OF THE UNION V.
HOW THE CONVENTION METHOD WAS INSERTED INTO EU PRIMARY LAW VI.
ANALOGIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TREATY
REVISION PROCEDURES AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 48 TEU VII.
INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION UNDER PROTOCOL NO 1 TO THE TREATY OF LISBON AND THE TREATY ON STABILITY, COORDINATION AND GOVERNANCE VIII. THE DIFFICULT BEGINNING OF THE INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE IX.
THE DIVIDES AMONG NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS AND BETWEEN
THEM AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT X. HAS THE CONVENTION METHOD ANTICIPATED INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION'S
DEVELOPMENTS? 4.
Interparliamentary Cooperation and
the Simplified Revision Procedures I.
INTRODUCTION II.
SIMPLIFIED REVISION PROCEDURES IN THE LISBON TREATY III.
OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS
IN THE TREATY REVISION IV.
INSTITUTIONAL POSSIBILITIES OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION V.
CASE STUDY OF ARTICLE 136 TFEU AMENDMENT VI.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE GOOD FUNCTIONING OF THE EU VII.
CONCLUSION Part III:
Parliamentary Organisation in the OrdinaryConstitutional Life of the European Union 5. Bicameralism and Interparliamentary Cooperation I.
INTRODUCTION II.
BICAMERALISM IN THE EU. A RUGGED LANDSCAPE III.
ON THE TRAIL OF THE ROLE OF SECOND CHAMBERS IN
INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION IV.
THE MISSING PIECE. INTRA-PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION
IN BICAMERAL SYSTEMS V.
TOWARDS NEW ROUTES FOR THE ROLE OF SECOND
CHAMBERS WITHIN THE EU? 6. Standing Committees in Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Post-Lisbon Era: Towards the End of the European Affairs Committees\u2019 Predominance? I. STANDING COMMITTEES AT THE CORE OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION II. EUROPEAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEES'
LIMITED ROLE IN INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION III.
THE BLOSSOMING OF THE FORUMS OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION A MONG SECTORAL COMMITTEES AS AN ADDITIONAL THREAT TO EUROPEAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEES IV.
CONCLUDING REMARKS 7. Towards a More Politicised Interparliamentary Cooperation? The European Parliament's
Political Groups and the European Parliamentary Week I.
INTRODUCTION II. DEVELOPMENT OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION IN THE EU AND AS A FIELD OF STUDY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION III. INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION AND THE ECONOMIC AND BUDGETARY CRISIS: TOWARDS PRAGMATISM, INCREASED TECHNICALITY \u2026 AND POLITICISATION? IV.POLITICAL GROUPS' BEHAVIOUR TOWARD THE INTERPARLIAMENTARY
MEETING ON THE
EUROPEAN SEMESTER: DIFFERENTIATED
APPROACHES, CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES V.
CONCLUSION 8. The Role of Parliamentary Administrations in Interparliamentary Cooperation I.
INTRODUCTION II.
THE ORGANISATION OF COOPERATION BETWEEN
PARLIAMENTARY ADMINISTRATIONS III.
INTERPARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITIES IV.
CONCLUSION Part IV:
Euro-national Parliamentary Procedures 9. The Instrumental Value of Horizontal Parliamentary Cooperation: Subsidiarity Review and the Political Dialogue I.
THE EMERGENCE OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION II.
THE CONTEXT AND FUNCTION OF HORIZONTAL
INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION III.
THE AIM OF HORIZONTAL INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION IV.
INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION IN THE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM V.
THE POLITICAL DIALOGUE: COOPERATION AND THE GREEN CARD VI.
CONCLUSION: THE RISE OF ASYMMETRIC COOPERATION 10.
Parliamentary Involvement in the Economic and Monetary Union after the Euro Crisis I.
INTRODUCTION II.
THE ROLE OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS IN EU ECONOMIC
AND FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE III.
NATIONAL-LEVEL REACTIONS TO EMU REFORMS IV.
EU-LEVEL REACTIONS TO EMU REFORMS V.
CONCLUSION Part V:
Old and New Interparliamentary Conferences 11.
COSAC: Birth, Evolution,
Failures and Perspectives I.
INTRODUCTION II.
FROM PARIS TO LISBON: THE DEVELOPMENT OF COSAC III.
COSAC AND SUBSIDIARITY MONITORING IV.
INTEGRATING NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS INTO EU AFFAIRS V.
INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION: A POLITICAL FICTION? VI.
CONCLUDING REMARKS 12.
The Interparliamentary Conference on Common Foreign and Security Policy:
A Quest for Democratic Accountability
in EU Security Governance I.
INTRODUCTION II.
WHAT DRIVES AND SHAPES INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION IN
EUROPEAN SECURITY GOVERNANCE? III.
WHY INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION IN CFSP/CSDP? IV.
THE INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON CFSP/CSDP V.
CONCLUDING REMARKS 13. The Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union (the 'Article 13 Conference'
) I. INTRODUCTION: A WORK IN PROGRESS II.
RELATIONS WITH THE OTHER INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCES III.
THE TREATY ON STABILITY, COORDINATION AND GOVERNANCE AS A PLATFORM FOR INTERPARLIAMENTARY DEBATE IV.
THE ARTICLE 13 CONFERENCE: A BRIEF HISTORY V. THE PARLIAMENTS'
VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF THE ARTICLE 13 CONFERENCE VI. CONCLUSION: THE EU SPEAKERS'
CONFERENCE IN ROME 14. Ruling the (Dis-)Order of Interparliamentary Cooperation? The EU Speakers
Conference I.
INTRODUCTION II.
THE ORIGINS III.
THE COMPOSITION OF THE CONFERENCE AND THE DIFFERENT
ROLES OF THE SPEAKERS IV. THE FUNCTIONING V. THE AIMS VI.
THE CONFERENCE IN THE POST-LISBON ERA VII.
CONCLUSIONS. THE AMBIGUOUS PLACEMENT OF THE CONFERENCE IN EU INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION Part VI:
Debating the Role of COSAC 15.
The Role of COSAC in the Europeanisation
of National Parliaments and in the Evolution of Interparliamentary Cooperation I. INTRODUCTION II.
THE COORDINATING ROLE OF COSAC IN THE EARLY
WARNING SYSTEM (IN DECLINE) III. THE COORDINATING ROLE OF COSAC IN THE CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMISSION'S ANNUAL WORK PROGRAMME (IN DEVELOPMENT) IV.
COSAC MOVING TOWARDS A MORE POLITICAL STANDING V.
COSAC AS THE POLITICAL LABORATORY OF THE EUROPEANISATION
OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS 16.
The Role of COSAC in the Changing Environment of National Parliaments
in the EU: An Identity Crisis? I.
INTRODUCTION II.
CRITICAL REVIEW: AN EVALUATION III.
COSAC: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND SHORTCOMINGS IV.
THE FUTURE OF COSAC: SOME PROPOSALS 17.
The Role of the COSAC Secretariat within the Evolving Landscape of Interparliamentary Cooperation: Challenges for the Future I.
INTRODUCTION II.
A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE COSAC
SECRETARIAT AND ITS STATUS TODAY III. THE IDEAS SUBMITTED BY PARLIAMENTS ON THE ROLE AND FUNCTIONING OF THE COSAC SECRETARIAT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE '
FUTURE OF COSAC' IV.
CHALLENGES AND FURTHER REFLECTION ON THE FUTURE ROLE OF THE COSAC SECRETARIAT IN AN EVOLVING INTERPARLIAMENTARY LANDSCAPE V.
CONCLUSION 18.
Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Context of COSAC: A View from
the European Parliament I.
INTRODUCTION II.
SIGNS OF A COOPERATIVE ATTITUDE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
TOWARDS NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS UNDER THE PRE-LISBON REGIME III.SIGNS OF 'RIVALRY' BETWEEN NATIONAL
PARLIAMENTS
AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IV.
THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY
COOPERATION AFTER THE TREATY OF LISBON V.IS THERE ROOM FOR COSAC'S
PARTICIPATION IN THIS NEW MODEL OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION? VI.
CONCLUSION 19.
The Role of COSAC in EU Interparliamentary Cooperation: An (Endless) Quest
for an Identity I.
COSAC AND THE ANTINOMIES OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION II.
COMPROMISE AND AMBIGUITY IN THE COSAC RULES OF PROCEDURE III.
CONCLUSION: ACHIEVEMENTS AND POTENTIAL OF COSAC 20.
Reshaping COSAC as a Dynamic Venue for Interparliamentary Exchange I.
INTRODUCTION II.
WHAT MAKES COSAC UNIQUE? III.
COMPLAINTS ON COSAC IV.
WHAT MAY BE IMPROVED? V.
CONCLUSION: ASSESSING COSAC Conclusion Interparliamentary Cooperation in
the Framework of a Euro-national
Parliamentary System I.
DISAGREEMENT ON INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION IN THE EU II.
ALTERNATIVE VISIONS ON PARLIAMENTS IN THE EU III. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS: AN UNAVOIDABLE COMPETITION? IV.OVERCOMING THE EU 'POLITICAL DEFICIT'? V.
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