Introduction: the European Parliament at a crossroads

This introductory article discusses the rationale and the aim of this special issue on the European Parliament. Examining the ongoing multidimensional crisis the EU is facing, it emphasizes how the current content has reduced the EU output legitimacy. It also argues that the Parliament has been affe...

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Published in:Journal of legislative studies 2018-01, Vol.24 (1), p.1-10
Main Authors: Brack, Nathalie, Costa, Olivier
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Democracy
Humanities and Social Sciences
Legislatures
Legitimacy
Parliaments
Political science
Treaties
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Summary:This introductory article discusses the rationale and the aim of this special issue on the European Parliament. Examining the ongoing multidimensional crisis the EU is facing, it emphasizes how the current content has reduced the EU output legitimacy. It also argues that the Parliament has been affected by the recent developments. On the one hand, it has been further empowered with the Lisbon Treaty and the Spitzenkandidaten procedure. On the other hand, the management of the crisis has been essentially intergovernmental and the EP has been sidelined. A second section critically discusses the literature on the EP and highlights the need to further develop our understanding of this institution, which cannot yet be called a 'normal parliament'. It then presents the articles composing this special issue.
ISSN:1357-2334
1743-9337
DOI:10.1080/13572334.2018.1444622