Subnational Parliaments In The Eu Multi-Level Parliamentary System

SUBNATIONAL OR REGIONAL PARLIAMENTS with legislative competences are increasingly active in EU affairs and are recognized as POTENTIAL ACTORS IN THE EU'S MULTI-LEVEL SYSTEM BY EU LAW. However, studies on the territorial effects of European integration and on the Europeanization of parliaments as well as parliamentarism have so far disregarded this group of parliaments. In the existing theoretical concepts of 'multi-level parliamentarism' subnational parliaments do not have a place until now. The book addresses this theoretical and empirical gap. Referring TO STUDIES ON PARLIAMENTARISM, FEDERALISM, AND EUROPEANIZATION the contributions discuss how to include subnational parliaments in the existing research. A total of 74 subnational parliaments from eight member states is affected by the new system, which allows them to participate in the so-called Early Warning Mechanism of subsidiarity control. The situation in six EU member states is analyzed in detail. The country chapters illustrate and analyze how subnational parliaments in the federal member states (Austria, Belgium, Germany) and in the decentralized/devolved ones (Great Britain, Italy, Spain) functionally adapt to the new opportunity structure and discuss the repercussions on legislative-executive relations as well as on interparliamentary relations. With contributions from Gabriele Abels; Katrin Auel and Martin Große Hüttman; Peter Bursens, Frederic Maes and Matthias Vileyn; Peter Bußjäger; Josep-María Castellà Andreu and Mario Kölling; Ben Crum, Annegret Eppler; John Erik Fossum; Anna-Lena Högenauer; Sabine Kropp; Robert Ladrech; Erik Miklin; Matteo Nicolini; Werner J. Patzelt; Tapio Raunio; Werner Reutter; Gerhard Stahl and Bert Kuby; Gracia Vara Arribas.CONTENTSPrefacesStefan August Lütgenau: Subnational Parliaments and EU IntegrationGabriele Abels: Opening Up a New Research Field - PrefaceAnnegret Eppler: Engaging in 'Subnational Parliaments in the EU System' - Starting Point and Formation of this BookList of AbbreviationsIntroductionGabriele Abels: Subnational Parliaments as 'Latecomers' in the EU Multi-Level Parliamentary System - IntroductionSubnational Parliaments in the Multi-Level System of the EU: Conceptual Issues and Research PerspectivesBen Crum: The Emergence of an EU 'Multilevel Parliamentary Field' - Is there a Role for Subnational Parliaments?Robert Ladrech: Europeanization and Subnational Parliaments - A Research PerspectiveSabine Kropp: Federalism and Subnational Parliaments - A Delicate Relationship? Subnational Parliaments and their National and European EnvironmentTapio Raunio: National Parliaments - Gatekeepers for Subnational Parliaments? Gracia Vara Arribas: The Early Warning System in Motion - Comparing Different Practices in Subnational ParliamentsGerhard Stahl and Bert Kuby: The Growing Role and Responsibility of Parliaments in European Integration and Economic Governance - A View from the Committee of the RegionsSubnational Parliaments as Political Actors in EU Affairs: Case Studies of Federal StatesEric Miklin: Towards a More Active Role in EU Affairs - Austrian State Parliaments after LisbonPeter Bursens, Frederic Maes and Matthias Vileyn: Belgian Regional Assemblies in EU Policy-making - The More Parliaments, the Less Participation in EU Affairs?Gabriele Abels: No Longer Losers - Reforming the German Länder Parliaments in EU AffairsWerner Reutter: The Quandary of Representation in Multilevel Systems and German Land ParliamentsSubnational Parliaments as Political Actors in EU Affairs: Case Studies of Devolved and Regionalized StatesMatteo Nicolini: The New Italian Framework for Regional Involvement in EU Affairs - Much Ado and Little OutcomesAnna-Lena Högenauer: The Scottish Parliament - Active Player in a Multilevel European Union? Josep-Maria Castellà Andreu and Mario Kölling: Asymmetrical Involvement of Spanish Autonomous Parliaments in EU Affairs National and Transnational