The European Parliament in the post-crisis era: an institution empowered on paper only?

Following the adoption of Eurocrisis Law, the European Parliament (EP) has been strongly empowered in the Economic and Monetary Union. It may intervene mostly in three ways: by the means of control mechanisms around Euro summits, during Economic Dialogues and in the framework of the European Parliam...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of European Integration 2018-04, Vol.40 (3), p.281-294
Main Author: Fromage, Diane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coordination
Economic stabilization
Empowerment
Euro
Governance
Law
Legislatures
Legitimacy
Monetary unions
Reforms
Summit conferences
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Following the adoption of Eurocrisis Law, the European Parliament (EP) has been strongly empowered in the Economic and Monetary Union. It may intervene mostly in three ways: by the means of control mechanisms around Euro summits, during Economic Dialogues and in the framework of the European Parliamentary Week and the Interparliamentary conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance. An analysis of the practice reveals however that thus far this empowerment has remained largely theoretical; The EP could still better exploit the potential of its newly attributed capacities. The reform proposals currently under discussion were found to bear some potential if adequately used, despite being (still) of a soft nature like the ones currently existing.
ISSN:0703-6337
1477-2280
DOI:10.1080/07036337.2018.1450405