European economic governance: deficient in democratic legitimacy?

Barrett, Gavin

doi:10.1080/07036337.2018.1450401

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“…A third objection highlights the asymmetric contribution of national parliaments and the European Parliament (EP) to Semester publications. Advocates of stronger parliamentary oversight claim that the Commission's executive powers are not matched with sufficient democratic control (Barrett, 2018). A final concern is stakeholder participation which is necessary 'to ensure broader social acceptance of reforms' (Zeitlin & Vanhercke, 2014, p. 65).…”

Section: The Semester and Throughout Legitimacymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Commission pursues domestic ownership to solve the throughput legitimacy gap in the Semester. In general, throughput legitimacy of EU economic governance has received considerable attention in the post-crisis literature (Barrett, 2018;Fromage and van den Brink, 2018;Coman, 2017). The distinctiveness of the throughput concept must be clarified.…”

Section: The Semester and Throughout Legitimacymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Building national ownership of the European Semester: the role of European Semester officers

Munta

2019

European Politics and Society

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The European Semester of socio-economic policy coordination has been criticised for poor capacity to induce national ownership of reforms. Reacting to these pressures, the European Commission intensified bilateral and multilateral efforts to increase the legitimacy of the Semester. European Semester officers (ESOs) were sent to Commission's representations in Member States to reinforce policy dialogue. This paper spells out to what extent and how ESOs contribute to national ownership and throughput legitimacy of the European Semester in Member States. The findings suggest that ESOs are an important domestic link in fostering throughput legitimacy of the European semester by way of establishing dialogue with domestic actors and justifying the reasoning behind Commission's initiatives. Conversely, they succeed less in transmitting stakeholders' policy concerns and suggestions to the Commission. ESOs' domestic engagement could, nonetheless, serve as an entry point for Commission's future efforts in building domestic ownership and hence reducing blame-shifting practices.

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Section: The Semester and Throughout Legitimacymentioning

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Section: The Semester and Throughout Legitimacymentioning

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Building national ownership of the European Semester: the role of European Semester officers

Munta

2019

European Politics and Society

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“…The EP's importance within the EU also grew over time. For long, the progressive reinforcement of the European legislature has been conceived as the solution par excellence to address the EU's democratic deficit (Barrett 2018 in this issue, Cooper and Smith 2017). As illustrated here by Fromage, likewise national parliaments, the EP was attributed some capacities to hold the EU executive to account under the newly approved Six Pack and Two Pack of legislation.…”

Section: Parliaments In Eu Integrationmentioning

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Democratic legitimation of EU economic governance: challenges and opportunities for European Legislatures

Fromage

Brink

2018

Journal of European Integration

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This introduction sets the context of the analysis conducted in this special issue. In particular, it examines the issue of the democratic legitimacy of the European Union (EU) Economic Governance, the role of national parliaments and of the European Parliament in the European integration process. It also addresses the question of throughput legitimacy within the EU that guides all contributions. This serves as basis to study the urgency of the democratic challenge in the EU economic governance, as well as its specificity. After the contributions to this special issue are briefly presented, this introduction examines what they bring to the overall debate on democratic legitimacy in this policy domain, among others in terms of the difficulties that have arisen across Member States. At the same time, perspectives of possible future developments are also spelt out, in particular in the context of an EU-27 post Brexit.

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“…Instead, the presidents have proposed to make the interaction between the European Commission and the national parliaments more efficient. This would be particularly needed in light of the political judgements that are indeed made by the Commission (Barrett 2018). More systematic dialogues between the Commission and national parliaments should therefore be developed and parliaments should exercise their right -recognised in the legislative 'Two-Pack' -to invite the responsible Commissioner (Juncker et al 2015, 17).…”

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National parliaments and EU economic performance policies. Impact defines involvement?

Brink

2018

Journal of European Integration

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European economic governance: deficient in democratic legitimacy?

Cited by 62 publications

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Building national ownership of the European Semester: the role of European Semester officers

Building national ownership of the European Semester: the role of European Semester officers

Democratic legitimation of EU economic governance: challenges and opportunities for European Legislatures

National parliaments and EU economic performance policies. Impact defines involvement?

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