Debating Europe in National Parliaments

Wendler, Frank

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“…Ultimately, national parliaments may 'restore' among citizens a sense of ownership of EU politics and a feeling of being represented, if they actively communicate their involvement in EU matters. This is also not a purely academic issue: national parliaments are indeed paying more attention to their communicative role in EU affairs (see COSAC, 2016/26), and, as a number of studies demonstrate, increased their efforts to fulfil this role (Auel et al, 2016;Rauh, 2015;Senninger, 2016;Wendler, 2016;Wonka, 2016). The legitimizing potential of national parliaments, however, depends crucially on whether they actually reach their audience: Parliaments debate and scrutinize (EU) policies on behalf of their citizens.…”

Section: National Parliaments Communication and The Media In Eu Affairsmentioning

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What Happens in Parliament Stays in Parliament? Newspaper Coverage of National Parliaments in EU Affairs

Auel

Eisele

Kinski

2017

J of Common Market Studies

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The role of national parliaments in EU matters has become an important subject in the debate over the democratic legitimacy of the European Union. Yet despite a remarkable increase in parliamentary involvement in EU affairs, the added value in terms of democratic legitimacy will remain limited if citizens are not aware of their activities. Given that citizens mainly experience politics through the media, the aim of the paper is therefore to explore whether and under what conditions parliamentary involvement in EU matters is visible in national newspapers. The paper draws on two quantitative datasets covering parliamentary EU activities and relevant newspaper articles in seven Member States between 2010 and 2013. Results suggest that the efforts of active parliaments pay off. In addition, conflict within government coalitions over EU issues and greater salience of EU politics in public opinion increase coverage while, surprisingly, both public and parliamentary euroscepticism do not.

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Section: National Parliaments Communication and The Media In Eu Affairsmentioning

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What Happens in Parliament Stays in Parliament? Newspaper Coverage of National Parliaments in EU Affairs

Auel

Eisele

Kinski

2017

J of Common Market Studies

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“…Since the data does not allow a comparison of parliamentary activities before 2010, we cannot draw conclusions on whether parliaments have indeed become more active when it comes to debating EU issues due to the crisis, or whether the crisis has simply been the dominant topic among EU debates. Some studies, however, do indicate that the crisis has led to a greater politicization of EU issues within national parliaments (Puntscher Riekmann and Wydra, 2013;Wendler, 2014). Parliaments seem to have become at least somewhat more willing to poke the famous 'sleeping giant' (Van der Eijk and Franklin, 2004) when it comes to crisis issues.…”

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Parliaments in the Euro Crisis: Can the Losers of Integration Still Fight Back?

Auel

Höing

2014

J of Common Market Studies

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The Eurozone crisis challenges the scrutiny systems of national parliaments: many instruments tackling the crisis were established outside the EU legal framework; the crisis management has generally been dominated by European and national executives and shows that the crisis did play an important role with regard to plenary EU debates in many national parliaments. Beyond debates, however, the scrutiny of the crisis management has surprisingly been 'business as usual' for most parliamentary chambers. This further cements the gap between formally strong and active and formally weak and inactive parliaments.

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“…Yet, deciphering the black box of Europarties and political groups and their role in supranational governance can provide important insights into supranational party politics and the future of supranational democracy. Equally under-researched are the relationships between the EP and national parliaments and the role political groups play therein, and vice-versa, how EU politics are debated in national parliaments (see, for an exception, Wendler, 2016). If we then add to the picture the Council of the European Union with the member states' governing parties represented, the connections become even more complicated; another constellation as of yet unaddressed from a party politics angle.…”

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European Parliament’s Political Groups in Turbulent Times

Silva¹

2023

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

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Debating Europe in National Parliaments

Cited by 32 publications

References 111 publications

What Happens in Parliament Stays in Parliament? Newspaper Coverage of National Parliaments in EU Affairs

What Happens in Parliament Stays in Parliament? Newspaper Coverage of National Parliaments in EU Affairs

Parliaments in the Euro Crisis: Can the Losers of Integration Still Fight Back?

European Parliament’s Political Groups in Turbulent Times

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