The European Parliament in Times of EU Crisis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxix

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2. Introduction: The Need for Further Research on the European Parliament

   • Olivier Costa

   Pages 1-21

3. The EP and the EU Political System

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. Parliamentary Oversight: Challenges Facing Classic Scrutiny Instruments and the Emergence of New Forms of ‘Steering’ Scrutiny

      • Eva-Maria Poptcheva

      Pages 25-52

   3. The European Parliament and the European Council: A Shift in the Balance of Power?

      • Johannes Müller Gómez, Wolfgang Wessels, Johannes Wolters

      Pages 53-76

   4. The CJEU and the Parliament’s External Powers Since Lisbon: Judicial Support to Representative Democracy?

      • Fabien Terpan, Sabine Saurugger

      Pages 77-98

   5. The Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament: An Evolving Relationship?

      • François Decoster, Vincent Delhomme, Jennifer Rousselle

      Pages 99-118

4. The EP in EU Law-Making

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Taming Trilogues: The EU’s Law-Making Process in a Comparative Perspective

      • Justin Greenwood, Christilla Roederer-Rynning

      Pages 121-141

   3. The European Parliament and EU Secondary Legislation: Improved Scrutiny Practices and Upstream Involvement for Delegated Acts and Implementing Acts

      • Vicky Marissen

      Pages 143-159

   4. Out of Balance? Practical Experience in the European Union with Quasi-Legislative Acts

      • Michael Kaeding

      Pages 161-175

   5. The European Parliament’s Contribution to the EU Budget: A Power Game

      • Anne Vitrey de Gardebosc, Frederik Mesdag

      Pages 177-199

5. EP Politics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201

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   2. The European Parliament and Civil Society

      • Amandine Crespy, Louisa Parks

      Pages 203-223

   3. Parliamentary Questions and Representation of Territorial Interests in the EP

      • Nathalie Brack, Olivier Costa

      Pages 225-254

   4. The Arduous Way Towards a Uniform Electoral System for the European Parliament

      • Rudolf Hrbek

      Pages 255-274

   5. Euroscepticism at the EP Elections in 2014: A Reflection of the Different Patterns of Opposition to the EU?

      • Birte Wassenberg

      Pages 275-298

   6. Migration Policies Debates in the European Parliament: Does the Mainstream Right Stand Its Ground?

      • Brice Cristoforetti, Lara Querton

      Pages 299-320

   7. Possible Future European Union Party-Political Systems

      • Martin Westlake

      Pages 321-340

6. The EP and EU Policies

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      Pages 341-341

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This book assesses the many changes that have occurred within the European Parliament and in its external relations since the Lisbon treaty (2009) and the last European elections (2014). It is undoubtedly the institution that has evolved the most since the 1950s. Despite the many crises experienced by European integration in the last years, the Parliament is still undergoing important changes in its formal competences, its influence on policy-making, its relations with other EU institutions, its internal organisation and its internal political dynamics. Every contribution deals with the most recent aspects of these evolutions and addresses overlooked topics, providing an overview of the current state of play which challenges the mainstream intergovernmental approach of the EU. 
This project results from research conducted at the Department of European Political and Governance Studies of the College of Europe. Individual research of several policy analysts of the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) have contributed to this endeavour.

• European Parliament
• executive actors
• parliamentary oversight
• EU legislation
• European Commission
• European Council
• power balance
• Euro crisis
• multiannual financial framework
• Lisbon Treaty
• Committee of the Regions
• Trilogues
• representative democracy
• EU law-making
• Regulatory Procedure with Scrutiny
• Interinstitutional Agreements
• Budgetary Authority
• civil society
• euroscepticism
• migration policy
• european union politics

• Sciences Po Bordeaux, Centre Emile Durkheim, Pessac Cedex, France

  Olivier Costa

Olivier Costa is Research Professor at the CNRS, Bordeaux, France and Director of European Political and Governance Studies at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium. He is Co-Director of the European Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence of Aquitaine. His research interests include EU institutions and policies, European Parliament, French Parliament and comparative legislative politics.

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