National parliaments and EU economic performance policies. Impact defines involvement

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12046810
AutoresTon van den Brink (0000-0003-1619-2089, ,, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen40
Número3
Páginas309-324
Fecha de publicación2018-04-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of European Integration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0703-6337 • E-ISSN: 1477-2280
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07036337.2018.1450403
OpenAlexW2807229343
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas17

In recent years, decision-making on economic performance policies – macroeconomic stability and structural reforms – has evolved from a system based on Broad Economic Policy Guidelines into a full-fledged part of the European Semester, including the possibility to sanction Member States. This suggests an increased role for national parliaments to ensure the democratic legitimacy of EU decision-making. But this need for democratic legitimacy is qualified by the impacts of economic performance policies in and on the Member States. This contribution assesses these impacts by reviewing arguments derived from (a) the applicable legal framework and prior research that has been carried out and (b) by conducting a comparative analysis of the policy dialogues with Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands in 2014 (based primarily on National Reform Programmes and Country Specific Recommendations). Next, an assessment is made of how parliaments in these countries have been involved concretely in economic performance policies

Democracy · Democratic legitimacy · Economic policy · Economic stability · Economics · European union · Legitimacy · Macroeconomics · Member states · Political science · Politics · European Union Policy and Governance · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies