ABSTRACT

Strengthening the role of national parliaments in EU matters has triggered a broad discussion on whether the legislatures are effective and which parliamentary functions they should fulfil within the EU political system. The involvement of national legislatures can be measured by applying the concept of parliamentary strength based on a set of indicators. However, some important elements of parliamentary activities and functions are fully overlooked in the existing literature, especially the participation of national parliaments in the preparation for and administration of the Council Presidency within the framework of the ‘parliamentary dimension’ of the rotating Presidency. Despite the growing importance of the Presidency Parliament, which goes hand-in-hand with the broadening of the framework for inter-parliamentary cooperation, current research pays little attention to this topic, even though it is important for understanding parliamentary strength in EU policy-making. For this reason, this paper presents a summary of the current body of knowledge with the aim of proposing an analytical framework which can be used for future systematic research in this field.

摘要

加强各国议会在欧盟事务中的作用引发了关于立法机关是否有效以及它们在欧盟政治体系中应履行哪些议会职能的广泛讨论。国家立法机构的参与可以通过应用基于一组指标的议会实力概念来衡量。然而，现有文献完全忽视了议会活动和职能的一些重要要素，特别是各国议会在轮值主席国的“议会层面”框架内参与理事会主席国的准备和管理。尽管总统议会的重要性与日俱增，它与议会间合作框架的扩大齐头并进，目前的研究很少关注这个话题，尽管它对于理解议会在欧盟决策中的实力很重要。为此，本文对当前的知识体系进行了总结，旨在提出一个可用于该领域未来系统研究的分析框架。