Enhanced EU Democratic Legitimacy: Lisbon Treaty Innovations
Explore how the Treaty of Lisbon enhanced EU democratic legitimacy through innovations like the Early Warning Mechanism, empowering national parliaments with roles in subsidiarity control, treaty revision, and inter-parliamentary cooperation. Discover the impact of Political Dialogue and National Parliaments in influencing legislative outcomes.
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Has the Early Warning Mechanism Enhanced the EU s Democratic Legitimacy? Ian Cooper Democratic Innovations of the Lisbon Treaty Carleton University, 2 June 2017 1
Treaty of Lisbon: National Parliaments 1. A symbolic recognition 2. The control of the subsidiarity principle 3. Information rights 4. Participation in the revision of the treaty 5. A specific role for Freedom, Security and Justice 6. An acknowledgment of inter-parliamentary cooperation 2
National Parliaments Other EU-level Activity Political Dialogue with Commission (since 2006) Network of National Parliament Representatives in Brussels New Interparliamentary Conferences 2012: CFSP-CSDP Conference 2013: SECG Conference (Article 13 TSCG) 2017: JPSG for Europol 3
The Early Warning Mechanism Council of Ministers European Parliament Commission
The Early Warning Mechanism Council of Ministers European Parliament Commission National Parliaments
The Early Warning Mechanism Council of Ministers European Parliament Commission 1/3 National Parliaments
The Early Warning Mechanism Council of Ministers European Parliament Commission 1/3 1/2 + 1 National Parliaments
EWM 2009-2016 300+ Reasoned Opinions (for 600+ legislative proposals) 3 Yellow Cards 2012: Monti II Regulation (withdrawn) 2013: EPPO proposal (maintained) 2016: Posted Workers Directive (maintained) 0 Orange Cards 9
What Effect on Democratic Legitimacy of the EU? Literature on EWM: Process-tracing of single cases of yellow card Legal vs. political approaches Comparison of national parliaments Comparison of legislative proposals Question: Have national parliaments had an influence on EU legislative outcomes? My approach: Look at broader group of cases Include Political Dialogue contributions 10
EWM and Political Dialogue 2006-2016 11
Proposals with vote for yellow card, 2010-2016 12
Has the Early Warning Mechanism Enhanced the EU s Democratic Legitimacy? Ian Cooper Democratic Innovations of the Lisbon Treaty Carleton University, 2 June 2017 13
