Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Composite European Constitution

by Nicola Lupo, Cristina Fasone, Robert Schütze

Overview

This collection analyses the place and the functioning of interparliamentary cooperation in the EU composite constitutional order, taking into account both the European and the national dimensions. The chapters join the recent scholarship on the role of parliaments in the EU after the Treaty of Lisbon.The aim of this volume is to highlight the constitutional significance of interparliamentary cooperation as a permanent feature of EU democracy and as a new parliamentary function as well as to investigate the practical side of this relatively new phenomenon. To this end the contributors are academics and parliamentary officials from all over Europe.
The volume discusses the developments in interparliamentary cooperation and its implications for the organisation and procedures of national parliaments and the European Parliament, for the fragmented executive of the EU, and for the democratic legitimacy of the overall EU composite Constitution. These issues are examined by looking at the European legislative process, the European Semester and the Treaty revisions. Moreover, the contributions take into account the effects of interparliamentary cooperation on the internal structure of parliaments and analyse the different models of interparliamentary cooperation, ie from COSAC to the new Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union provided by the Fiscal Compact.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781509924424
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/23/2018
Series:	Parliamentary Democracy in Europe
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Nicola Lupo is Professor of Public Law at LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome.
Cristina Fasone is Assistant Professor of Comparative Public Law at LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements v

List of Contributors xi

Introduction. Parliaments in the Composite European Constitution Cristina Fasone Nicola Lupo 1

Part I The Role of Parliaments and Interparliamentary Cooperation in the European Union

1 The Place of National Parliaments within the European Constitutional Order Leonard FM Besselink 23

2 Interjudicial Dialogue and Interparliamentary Dialogue in the Constitution of the Union Giuseppe Martinico 39

Part II Treaty Revisions

3 The Convention Method Cesare Pinelli 57

4 Interparliamentary Cooperation and the Simplified Revision Procedures Katarzyna Granat 73

Part III Parliamentary Organisation in the Ordinary Constitutional Life of the European Union

5 Bicameralism and Interparliamentary Cooperation Antonia Baraggia 93

6 Standing Committees in Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Post-Lisbon Era: Towards the End of the European Affairs Committees' Predominance? Diane Fromage 113

7 Towards a More Politicised Interparliamentary Cooperation? The European Parliament's Political Groups and the European Parliamentary Week Nathalie Brack Thibaud Dcruelle 131

8 The Role of Parliamentary Administrations in Interparliamentary Cooperation Andreja Pegan Anna-Lena Högenauer 147

Part IV Euro-national Parliamentary Procedures

9 The Instrumental Value of Horizontal Parliamentary Cooperation: Subsidiarity Review and the Political Dialogue Marco Goldoni 167

10 Parliamentary Involvement in the Economic and Monetary Union after the Euro Crisis,, Davor Jancic 183

Part V Old and New Interparliamentary Conferences

11 COSAC: Birth, Evolution, Failures and Perspectives Adam Cygan 207

12 The Interparliamentary Conference on Common Foreign and Security Policy: A Quest for Democratic Accountability in EU Security Governance Jan Wouters Kolja Raube 227

13 The Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union (the 'Article 13 Conference') Ian Cooper 247

14 Ruling the (Dis-)Order of Interparliamentary Cooperation? The EU Speakers' Conference Cristina Fasone 269

Part VI Debating the Role of COSAC

15 The Role of COSAC in the Europeanisation of National Parliaments and in the Evolution of Interparliamentary Cooperation Davide A Capuano 293

16 The Role of COSAC in the Changing Environment of National Parliaments in the EU: An Identity Crisis? Bruno A Bias Pinheiro 303

17 The Role of the COSAC Secretariat within the Evolving Landscape of Interparliamentary Cooperation: Challenges for the Future Christiana Fryda 311

18 Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Context of COSAC: A View from the European Parliament Francisco Gómez Martos 319

19 The Role of COSAC in EU Interparliamentary Cooperation: An (Endless) Quest for an Identity Antonio Esposito 325

20 Reshaping COSAC as a Dynamic Venue for Interparliamentary Exchange Mendeltje van Keulen 335

Conclusion. Interparliamentary Cooperation in the Framework of a Euro-national Parliamentary System Cristina Fasone Nicola Lupo 345

Index 361

Editorial Reviews

The greatest merit of the book is to shed light on a topic which has been significantly underexplored in the scholarly literature.
I- Connect Blog

The volume offers a compelling overview of the state of inter-parliamentary co-operation in the EU. It is not only extremely useful for those who are particularly interested in how national parliaments (and the European Parliament) co-operate or not, but it will also be an important reference for anyone who is studying parliamentary democracy in Europe, researchers and practitioners alike.
European Law Review

The volume shows the potential of an 'effective and regular interparliamentary cooperation in the Union' which is highly supported by the Lisbon Treaty.(translated from the original Italian)
Rivista Trimestrale del Diritto Pubblico

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