Always one step behind? National legislatures and the European Union

Government and Opposition

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 180-202

  Raunio, Tapio ^a  

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.1999.tb00477.x     Document Type: Article

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1. An earlier version of this article was presented in the Workshop on 'EU Decision-making and European Democracy' at the conference The Treaty of Amsterdam Evaluated, University of Twente, Enschede, 12-14 February 1998. I would like to thank the participants, Hans Hegeland (Swedish Riksdag) and the anonymous referee for their comments.
2. The role of national parliaments in European integration has recently received much-needed attention among political scientists. See Torbjörn Bergman, 'National Parliaments and EU Affairs Committees: Notes on Empirical Variation and Competing Explanations', Journal of European Public Policy, 4:3 (1997), pp. 373-87; David Judge, 'The Failure of National Parliaments', West European Politics, 18:3 (1995), pp. 79-100; Philip Norton (ed.), 'National Parliaments and the European Union', Journal of Legislative Studies, 1:3(1995); Finn Laursen and S.A. Pappas (eds), The Changing Role of Parliaments in the European Union, Maastricht, EIPA, 1995; Eivind Smith (ed.), National Parliaments as Cornerstones of European Integration, London, Kluwer Law International, 1996.
3. The role of national parliaments in European integration has recently received much-needed attention among political scientists. See Torbjörn Bergman, 'National Parliaments and EU Affairs Committees: Notes on Empirical Variation and Competing Explanations', Journal of European Public Policy, 4:3 (1997), pp. 373-87; David Judge, 'The Failure of National Parliaments', West European Politics, 18:3 (1995), pp. 79-100; Philip Norton (ed.), 'National Parliaments and the European Union', Journal of Legislative Studies, 1:3(1995); Finn Laursen and S.A. Pappas (eds), The Changing Role of Parliaments in the European Union, Maastricht, EIPA, 1995; Eivind Smith (ed.), National Parliaments as Cornerstones of European Integration, London, Kluwer Law International, 1996.
4. The role of national parliaments in European integration has recently received much-needed attention among political scientists. See Torbjörn Bergman, 'National Parliaments and EU Affairs Committees: Notes on Empirical Variation and Competing Explanations', Journal of European Public Policy, 4:3 (1997), pp. 373-87; David Judge, 'The Failure of National Parliaments', West European Politics, 18:3 (1995), pp. 79-100; Philip Norton (ed.), 'National Parliaments and the European Union', Journal of Legislative Studies, 1:3(1995); Finn Laursen and S.A. Pappas (eds), The Changing Role of Parliaments in the European Union, Maastricht, EIPA, 1995; Eivind Smith (ed.), National Parliaments as Cornerstones of European Integration, London, Kluwer Law International, 1996.
5. The role of national parliaments in European integration has recently received much-needed attention among political scientists. See Torbjörn Bergman, 'National Parliaments and EU Affairs Committees: Notes on Empirical Variation and Competing Explanations', Journal of European Public Policy, 4:3 (1997), pp. 373-87; David Judge, 'The Failure of National Parliaments', West European Politics, 18:3 (1995), pp. 79-100; Philip Norton (ed.), 'National Parliaments and the European Union', Journal of Legislative Studies, 1:3(1995); Finn Laursen and S.A. Pappas (eds), The Changing Role of Parliaments in the European Union, Maastricht, EIPA, 1995; Eivind Smith (ed.), National Parliaments as Cornerstones of European Integration, London, Kluwer Law International, 1996.
6. The role of national parliaments in European integration has recently received much-needed attention among political scientists. See Torbjörn Bergman, 'National Parliaments and EU Affairs Committees: Notes on Empirical Variation and Competing Explanations', Journal of European Public Policy, 4:3 (1997), pp. 373-87; David Judge, 'The Failure of National Parliaments', West European Politics, 18:3 (1995), pp. 79-100; Philip Norton (ed.), 'National Parliaments and the European Union', Journal of Legislative Studies, 1:3(1995); Finn Laursen and S.A. Pappas (eds), The Changing Role of Parliaments in the European Union, Maastricht, EIPA, 1995; Eivind Smith (ed.), National Parliaments as Cornerstones of European Integration, London, Kluwer Law International, 1996.
7. See Wolfgang Wessels, 'Institutions of the EU System: Models of Explanation', in Dietrich Rometsch and Wolfgang Wessels (eds), The European Union and Member States: Towards Institutional Fusion?, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1996, pp. 35-6.
8. See Philip Norton, 'Conclusion: Addressing the Democratic Deficit', Journal of Legislative Studies, 1:3 (1995), pp. 177-93, and Judge, op. cit.
9. See Finn Laursen and Sophie Vanhoonacker (eds), The Ratification of the Maastricht Treaty: Issues, Debates and Future Implications, Maastricht, EIPA, 1994.
10. Treaty on European Union, Official Journal C 224, 31 August 1992.
11. Information on European Affairs Committees is mainly taken from 'De särskilda organen för EU-frägor vid medlemsstaternas parlament', Generaldirektorat för utskott, kommittéer och delegationer, Europaparlamentet, June 1995.
12. Bergman, op. cit.
13. See Matti Wiberg and Tapio Raunio, 'Strong Parliament of A Small EU Member State: The Finnish Parliament's Adaptation to the EU', Journal of Legislative Studies, 2:4 (1996), pp. 302-21; Matti Wiberg (ed.), Trying to Make Democracy Work: The Nordic Parliaments and the European Union, Stockholm, Gidlunds, 1997.
14. See Matti Wiberg and Tapio Raunio, 'Strong Parliament of A Small EU Member State: The Finnish Parliament's Adaptation to the EU', Journal of Legislative Studies, 2:4 (1996), pp. 302-21; Matti Wiberg (ed.), Trying to Make Democracy Work: The Nordic Parliaments and the European Union, Stockholm, Gidlunds, 1997.
15. 1996 Intergovernmental Conference (IGC '96), 'Reflection Group Report and Other References for Documentary Purposes', General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, Brussels, December 1995.
16. Report on the XVth COSAC Meeting, Ireland, 15-16 October 1996, Houses of the Oireachtas.
17. Report on the Relations Between the European Parliament and National Parliaments', Committee on Institutional Affairs, Rapporteur Ms Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, 22 May 1997, PE 221.698/fin.; 'Resolution on the Relations Between the European Parliament and National Parliaments', A4-0179/97, PE 260.312.
18. Report on the Relations Between the European Parliament and National Parliaments', Committee on Institutional Affairs, Rapporteur Ms Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, 22 May 1997, PE 221.698/fin.; 'Resolution on the Relations Between the European Parliament and National Parliaments', A4-0179/97, PE 260.312.
19. See European Parliament, 'Summary of the Positions of the Member States and the European Parliament on the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference', Secretariat Working Party: Task-Force on the 'Intergovernmental Conference', Luxembourg, 12 July 1996, JF/bo/239/96; and European Parliament, 'Role of the National Parliaments', Intergovernmental Conference, Briefing No. 6, 25 March 1996.
20. See European Parliament, 'Summary of the Positions of the Member States and the European Parliament on the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference', Secretariat Working Party: Task-Force on the 'Intergovernmental Conference', Luxembourg, 12 July 1996, JF/bo/239/96; and European Parliament, 'Role of the National Parliaments', Intergovernmental Conference, Briefing No. 6, 25 March 1996.
21. 'Protocol on the Role of National Parliaments in the European Union', Treaty of Amsterdam, European Communities, Luxembourg, October 1997.
22. Rory Watson, 'National Assemblies to See More Action', European Voice, 4:1 (8-14 January 1998).
23. I am grateful to Mr Niilo Jääskinen, Counsel to the Grand Committee, Head of the Secretariat for EU Affairs, Finnish Eduskunta, for detailed information on COSAC.
24. See Andreas Maurer, 'Interparliamentary cooperation between the European Parliament and the National Parliaments', Paper presented at a Conference on National Parliaments and the European Union, Wroxton College, UK, 18-19 November 1995.
25. Interparliamentary cooperation between national legislatures and the EP has been argued to strengthen parliamentarism in the EU. See Andrew Duff, 'Building a Parliamentary Europe', Government and Opposition, 29:2 (1994), pp. 147-65; Roger Morgan and Clare Tame (eds), Parliaments and Parties: The European Parliament in the Political Life of Europe, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1996; Karlheinz Neunreither, 'The Democratic Deficit of the European Union: Towards Closer Cooperation between the European Parliament and the National Parliaments', Government and Opposition, 29:3 (1994), pp. 299-314; Martin Westlake, The European Parliament, the National Parliaments and the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference', Political Quarterly, 66:1 (1995), pp. 59-73.
26. Interparliamentary cooperation between national legislatures and the EP has been argued to strengthen parliamentarism in the EU. See Andrew Duff, 'Building a Parliamentary Europe', Government and Opposition, 29:2 (1994), pp. 147-65; Roger Morgan and Clare Tame (eds), Parliaments and Parties: The European Parliament in the Political Life of Europe, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1996; Karlheinz Neunreither, 'The Democratic Deficit of the European Union: Towards Closer Cooperation between the European Parliament and the National Parliaments', Government and Opposition, 29:3 (1994), pp. 299-314; Martin Westlake, The European Parliament, the National Parliaments and the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference', Political Quarterly, 66:1 (1995), pp. 59-73.
27. Interparliamentary cooperation between national legislatures and the EP has been argued to strengthen parliamentarism in the EU. See Andrew Duff, 'Building a Parliamentary Europe', Government and Opposition, 29:2 (1994), pp. 147-65; Roger Morgan and Clare Tame (eds), Parliaments and Parties: The European Parliament in the Political Life of Europe, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1996; Karlheinz Neunreither, 'The Democratic Deficit of the European Union: Towards Closer Cooperation between the European Parliament and the National Parliaments', Government and Opposition, 29:3 (1994), pp. 299-314; Martin Westlake, The European Parliament, the National Parliaments and the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference', Political Quarterly, 66:1 (1995), pp. 59-73.
28. Interparliamentary cooperation between national legislatures and the EP has been argued to strengthen parliamentarism in the EU. See Andrew Duff, 'Building a Parliamentary Europe', Government and Opposition, 29:2 (1994), pp. 147-65; Roger Morgan and Clare Tame (eds), Parliaments and Parties: The European Parliament in the Political Life of Europe, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1996; Karlheinz Neunreither, 'The Democratic Deficit of the European Union: Towards Closer Cooperation between the European Parliament and the National Parliaments', Government and Opposition, 29:3 (1994), pp. 299-314; Martin Westlake, The European Parliament, the National Parliaments and the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference', Political Quarterly, 66:1 (1995), pp. 59-73.
29. See Ingvar Mattson and Kaare Strøm, 'Parliamentary Committees', in Herbert Döring (ed.), Parliaments and Majority Rule in Western Europe, New York, St Martin's Press, 1995, pp. 249-307.
30. See Moshe Maor, 'The Relationship between Government and Opposition in the Bundestag and House of Commons in the Run-Up to the Maastricht Treaty', West European Politics, 21:3 (1998), pp. 187-207.