Sergio Fabbrini argues that the European Union (EU) is made up of states pursuing different
aims, rather than simply moving in the same direction at different speeds. He describes the …

The parliamentary election of Jean-Claude Juncker as the Commission president re-
launched the debate on the parliamentary transformation of the EU. The article critically …

Abstract Article 17, paragraph 7, TEU enables the European Council to choose a candidate
for the Presidency of the Commission “taking into account the elections of the European …

This new study, which forms part of the European Parliament History Series, looks at the
long process that led to the first direct European elections, and shows that the 1976 Act was …

This comparative book analyses the development of regional integration parliaments in
three different continents of the world. It assesses and compares the expansion and current …

The proposal for parliamentary election of the Commission president, officially advanced by
the European Commission and the European Parliament for the election of the latter in …

Many authors suggest that MEPs seek to extend the power of the EP in their daily
parliamentary work. A central assumption in this literature is that the EP is a unitary actor that …

This thesis investigates the development of regional integration parliaments around the
world. It analyses and compares the expansion and current stage of institutional …

Abstract The Lisbon Treaty has formalized the coexistence within the same framework of a
supranational union with parliamentary features, of an intergovernmental union resembling …

The reason why the possibility of a direct election of a European assembly was initially
raised has never been fully addressed. It seemed self-evident that an ambitious system of …