This article reviews the literature on the institutional position of national parliaments in the
EU. It focuses on new institutional developments, explanations, and effects discussed over …

Global challenges from climate change to the COVID-19 pandemic have raised legitimate
questions about the ability of democratic decision-makers to prepare for such crises …

This article is about democratic accountability and a Europe struggling to find viable
answers to the questions of who and what shall constitute “Europe” and how to develop …

This study assesses the role of interparliamentary institutions (IPIs) and networks in the
diffusion of new ideas and solutions of (digital) public engagement in national parliaments …

Institutional responses of parliaments to international developments are widely regarded as
efficient changes because they tend to be unaffected by partisan preferences and benefit all …

Studies of political contestation of EU decision making usually focus on the division lines in
the European Parliament and, to a lesser extent, the Council of Ministers. This article seeks …

Having long inspired European integration, federalism is enjoying “a veritable re‐naissance”
within EU analysis (Vollaard 2018: 62). While it “is not commonly ac‐cepted as the basic …

Democracy is traditionally associated with the nation-state. It hinges on the idea of a
delimited demos characterized by a shared sense of identity, a common public sphere, and …

Este artigo aborda o tema da accountability democrática e de uma Europa lutando para
encontrar respostas viáveis para as questões de quem e o que deve constituir a" Europa" e …

This thesis explores how the legislative roles of individual Members of Parliament (MPs),
parliamentary committees and parties change as policy making authority is successively …