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Auel, Katrin ORCID: 0000-0002-2292-9596 and Hoeing, Oliver (2015). National Parliaments and the Eurozone Crisis: Taking Ownership in Difficult Times? West Eur. Polit., 38 (2). S. 375 - 396. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1743-9655

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Abstract

The eurozone crisis suggests a significant reinforcement of executive dominance in EU policy-making. Opaque emergency decisions taken at European summits as well as treaties established outside of the EU legal framework facilitate the side-lining of democratically elected chambers. This development entails the risk of a new wave of de-parliamentarisation in EU policy-making. An effective scrutiny of crisis management by national parliaments is, however, indispensable for taking national ownership of the reforms in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). This paper investigates national parliaments' involvement in the development of instruments to combat the crisis. Based on a quantitative dataset of crisis-related parliamentary activities in 2010-2012, the article observes a very uneven engagement in the scrutiny of crisis management. Institutional prerogatives in EU affairs as well as macro-economic factors can partly explain the observed variation. Surprisingly, however, crisis-related parliamentary activity is not a reaction to Eurosceptic attitudes either in parliament or among the public.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Auel, Katrin UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2292-9596 UNSPECIFIED Hoeing, Oliver UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-405173
DOI:	10.1080/01402382.2014.990694
Journal or Publication Title:	West Eur. Polit.
Volume:	38
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 375 - 396
Date:	2015
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1743-9655
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language EUROPEAN INTEGRATION; AFFAIRS; UNION; GOVERNMENT; DELEGATION; POLITICS Multiple languages Political Science Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/40517