Europeanisation

Question 1

List the mechanisms which national parliaments can utilise to have a say on Europeanisation

Answer 1

• Information rights
  -Right to scrutiny reserve
  -Negotiation mandates and voting instructions
  -Approval rights
  -Rapporteurs

Question 2

Explain what information rights are

Answer 2

• parliaments must be kept informed about gov. actions
  -governments have obligations to inform parliament
  -both

Question 3

Explain what the right to scrutiny reserve is

Answer 3

-prohibits ministers from acting until parl. has been
-sufficiently informed
-Parliaments can thus pause nego. until achieved

Question 4

Explain what negotiation mandates and voting instructions are

Answer 4

-Non- binding resolutions
-Semi- binding mandates allow parliaments more say government (EU) actions

Question 5

Explain approval rights

Answer 5

-some subject matters require parliamentary approval for enactment

Question 6

Explain rapporteurs

Answer 6

-designated members of national parliaments are assigned 2 oversee and report on EU matters

Question 7

What are the ideal types of parliamentary participation in EU affairs under Art. 12 TEU

Answer 7

1. policy shaper
2. government watchdog
   3.public forum
3. expert
   5.European player

Question 8

Expain the mechanism of government watchdog

Answer 8

• national parliament scrutinising gov. actions ex post
  -can encompass any pol. reason not just subsidairty
  -Yellow card procedure
  -1/3 of national parliaments raise an objection
  -European commission must review the proposal
  -SUBSIDIARITY *
  -Large degree of scrutiny in comparison to policy shapers
  -parliaments act more as governmental watchdogs where system allows them 2 be less scared of opposing governmental perspective

Question 8

Explain the mechanism of policy shaper

Answer 8

ex ante,
influence national agents before governmental deicisons
-they try to shape the pov of ministers and civil servants
- mostly not consitutionally binding

Question 9

Explain what ex post means

Answer 9

• after the fact
• after it happens

Question 10

Explain the role of the public forum

Answer 10

-focus on plenary debates
-inform public on parliametary views on EU positions
-involved ex post and ex ante
-foster deliberative democracy by continously communicating with the government–> deliberation not more voting is only source of legitimaxy of the law

Question 11

Explain what ex ante means

Answer 11

-before the event

Question 12

Explain the expert role

Answer 12

-Providing evidence and support for proposals
-focus: Information gathering and expertise
-Actions: Produce specific expert knowledge on European policy projects
-Draw up comprehensive and well-informed written reports early in the policy cycle
Influence: convince stakeholders with solid arguments and evidence
-reports do not elicit as much attention as plenary debates

Question 13

Explain the european player role

Answer 13

-influencing EU and member states
-early in the pc
- Focus: direct dialogue + agenda setting

Actions
-establish dir. comm. with EU institutions
-use “soft measures” 2 communicate positions to key players
-Network:
communicating with other foreign parliaments about eu issues