An Uneven Balance?

A Legal Analysis of Power Asymmetries between National Parliaments in the EU

Hoai-Thu Nguyen

• Publisher: Eleven International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9789462748941
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Public Law
• Index: Law

Almost a decade after the entry into force of the 'Treaty of Parliaments, ' as the Treaty of Lisbon is sometimes labelled due to its measures significantly strengthening the role of national parliaments and the position of the European Parliament in the EU, this book takes the financial and monetary crisis in the EU as a cause to re-evaluate the position of national parliaments in a post-Lisbon EU. It assesses the role that national parliaments play for representative democracy in the European Union and provides a comprehensive legal analysis of power asymmetries that exist between national parliaments in the EU. It also analyzes how such asymmetries were exacerbated by the Euro crisis, as well as illustrating different ways in which the negative implications for EU representative democracy resulting from such power asymmetries can be mitigated. This book will be of value to both academics and policymakers at European and national level alike. It contributes to the on-going discussions on the EU's democratic credentials and on the role of parliaments therein. [Subject: Constitutional Law]

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Abbreviations
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Representative democracy
• 3 Parliaments in the European Union
• 4 The German Bundestag
• 5 Chapter: The Irish Dáil Éireann
• 6 The asymmetric impact of the crisis on national parliaments
• 7 Representative democracy in the EU – Which way forward?
• 8 Conclusion
• Bibliography