Process of strengthening the powers of the European Parliament and the new position of national parliaments in the political system of the European Union Cover Image

Proces wzmacniania kompetencji Parlamentu Europejskiego a nowa pozycja parlamentów narodowych w systemie politycznym Unii Europejskiej
Process of strengthening the powers of the European Parliament and the new position of national parliaments in the political system of the European Union

Author(s): Zbigniew D. Czachór, Janusz Ruszkowski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, EU-Legislation
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: European Union; European Parliament; parliaments of member states;political system of the European Union;

Summary/Abstract: The authors attempt to examine two parallel and often treated as incomplete processes of strengthening the competences of the European Parliament and at the same time defining a place of national parliaments of Member States in the political system of the EU. The parallelism of these phenomena may seem paradoxical, since it can be assumed that despite competency competition between the EP and the national parliaments, strengthening the competences of the former does not preclude maximising the competences of the latter. The system of unification and harmonisation present in ¬¬¬the European Union does not have to weaken national parliaments. The more so that the parliaments of the Member States try to neutralise the autonomy of EU institutions, which “appropriate” their current field of play. The analysis was made based on a research sample consisting of methods for strengthening the EP and methods for maximising the parliaments of the Member States.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 9-33
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: English, Polish