Parliamentary control of CSDP
The case of the EU's fight against piracy off the Somali coast
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23199681 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dirk Peters (0000-0001-7843-4480, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, corresponding author), Wolfgang Wagner (0000-0001-5191-2470, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Cosima Glahn (Freie Universität Berlin) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 430-448 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Security (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-2839 • E-ISSN: 1746-1545 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09662839.2014.896341 |
| OpenAlex | W2071046090 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 9 |
Parliamentary involvement remains a key tool for the democratic control of executive policies. This article explores the web of parliamentary involvement in decision-making on European Union (EU) military operations, using insights gained in an in-depth case study on the EU's anti-piracy mission Atalanta. We find that parliaments at all levels became involved only after key political decisions had already been made. At the member state level, we find highly uneven involvement with only some parliaments being very well informed and closely monitoring, if not influencing government policy. The European Parliament became active only after the launch of the mission but then scrutinised it intensely, profiting (in contrast to national parliaments) from its access to top military officials and key decision-makers. Finally, transnational parliamentary assemblies as well as more informal networks provided opportunities to transmit information across the boundaries of individual parliaments and party-groups thus potentially enhancing the ability of parliamentarians to scrutinise government policies.
Business · Computer security · Control (management) · Democracy · Economics · European union · Government (linguistics) · International trade · Key (lock) · Management · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Somali · State (computer science) · European Union Policy and Governance · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Maritime Security and History · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 0.91 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2021 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |