The legacy of an evolving polity : democracy, national identity, and the good functioning of the EU / Davor Jan<U+fffd>ci<U+fffd>c -- Part I. European constitutionalism and the democratic legitimacy. EU constitutionalism and national parliaments : insiders or outsiders? / Leonard Besselink -- National parliaments and mediated legitimacy in the EU : theory and history / Peter L Lindseth -- Constitutional review and the powers of national parliaments in EU affairs : erosion or protection? / Cristina Fasone and Nicola Lupo -- National parliaments and the European Union--a view from Westminster / Julie Smith -- Mind the gap! The implications of comitology and the open method of coordination for national parliaments / Gavin Barrett -- Part II. National parliaments and the Euro crisis. Financial crisis, national parliaments, and the reform of the economic and monetary union / Ingolf Pernice -- Accountability of the European Central Bank in a deepening economic and monetary union / Davor Jan<U+fffd>ci<U+fffd>c -- Executive accountability to national parliaments in post-crisis EU affairs : the persistent shortcomings in the Council and European Council oversight / Diane Fromage -- Parliaments as arenas of representation and public contestation : insights from the Eurozone crisis / Frank Wendler -- European semester compliance and national political party ownership / Aleksandra Maatsch -- Part III. Interparliamentary cooperation in EU internal and external affairs. The emerging order of interparliamentary cooperation in the post-Lisbon EU / Ian Cooper -- From the early warning system to a 'green card' for national parliaments : hindering or accelerating EU policy-making? / Karolina Boro<U+fffd>nska-Hryniewiecka -- National parliaments as political safeguards of federalism interparliamentary cooperation in the EU, the US, and Switzerland / Katarzyna Granat -- The many facets of parliamentary involvement and interaction in EU external relations : a multilevel tale/ Kolja Raube and Jan Wouters -- EU law's grand scheme on national parliaments : the third yellow card on posted workers and the way forward / Davor Jan<U+fffd>ci<U+fffd>c.
Summary:
A critical assessment by eminent legal and political science experts in the field, this book examines the two key factors which have deeply affected the position of national parliaments in European integrations: the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty and the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone. Structured in three parts, the book will address the question, 'Do national parliaments exhibit resilience or resignation in these changed politico-legal and socio-economic circumstances in the EU?' Part I investigates the impact of the aforementioned factors against the theoretical concepts of constitutionalism and democratic legitimacy. Part II evaluates the changing nature of parliamentary functions, and Part III appraises the evolving relationships between national parliaments and national governments, national courts, and EU institutions, in addition to surveying the emerging patterns of interparliamentary cooperation. This interdisciplinary collection yields novel insights into how the deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union and the pursuance of new initiatives for parliamentary action impact the shape and nature of EU democracy --Front flap of book jacket.
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