ABSTRACT

This paper examines the various factors that make the European Parliament Administration so distinctive and also how it has responded to new challenges. The first part of this paper looks briefly at the EP's evolution. It then goes on to examine the main ways in which the European Parliament differs from national parliaments and the implications of these differences for the work of the EP Secretariat, some of them obvious and familiar and others less so. The second part of the paper looks, instead, at some of the specific features of the EP administration assessing how the Institution has responded to new challenges, including how the EP administration has attempted to respond to the Covid pandemic. There are then some conclusions, with some indications of areas requiring further research.

摘要

本文探讨了使欧洲议会管理如此与众不同的各种因素，以及它如何应对新挑战。本文的第一部分简要介绍了 EP 的演变。然后继续研究欧洲议会与国家议会不同的主要方式，以及这些差异对欧洲议会秘书处工作的影响，其中一些是显而易见的和熟悉的，而另一些则不那么明显。相反，本文的第二部分着眼于 EP 管理的一些具体特征，评估该机构如何应对新挑战，包括 EP 管理如何尝试应对 Covid 大流行。然后有一些结论，以及一些需要进一步研究的领域的迹象。