Conclusion

Abstract

The analysis conducted in the preceding chapters has demonstrated the variety of roles which parliamentary administrators carry out in the management of EU affairs. Our analysis has shown that, at every level in the EU’s multilevel parliamentary system, administrators are involved not only as assistants of the political players, but also as analysts, advisors and potentially as agenda-setters. In addition, the coordination of the parliamentary dimension of EU affairs — whether within individual chambers, or between the legislatures of different member states, or indeed across levels — often puts administrators in the spotlight.