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The entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, on December 1 2009, brought the
EU's troubled institutional reform process to an end. In an effort to increase
the EU's democratic legitimacy, the Treaty introduces some relevant
innovations: it extends the powers of the European Parliament, it enhances the
role of European political parties, it involves national parliaments
increasingly in the EU legislative process and, finally, it creates the European
Citizens' Initiative, which allows citizens to invite the Commission to submit
legislative proposals that they feel are of crucial importance. Nevertheless,
the implementation of these provisions will not be easy as they impact on, among
other things, the EU's institutional balance. Not only does it remain to be seen
how effective they will be in bringing EU institutions closer to citizens, but
the application of some of these provisions could lead to inter-institutional
conflicts and political ambiguities. In this context, the European Parliament
has a key role to play as a political and institutional facilitator, also in
promoting more consistent linkages between citizens and the EU institutional
system.
Il curatore
Raffaello Matarazzo è ricercatore all'Istituto
Affari Internazionali (IAI), Adjunct Professor in Government and Politics of
Western Europe alla St. John's University di New York, Rome Campus, e
caporedattore di AffarInternazionali,
rivista online dello IAI.
Gli autori
Salvatore Aloisio, Gianni Bonvicini, Giorgio Grimaldi, Raffaello Matarazzo,
Umberto Morelli, Antonio Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Julian
Priestley.
L'indice
List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Introduction, Gianni Bonvicini
1. European Political Parties: The Missing Link, Julian Priestley
Introduction: European parties, seven years on
1.1. The 2009 European Elections
1.2. The division of the spoils
1.3. Outside the formal structures
1.4. Political parties - consolidating enlargement
1.5. The parties and public opinion
1.6. Four modest reforms
1.7. Can we?
2. National Parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty:
A New Power Player or Mr. No in the EU Decision Making?, Raffaello Matarazzo
Introduction
2.1. Democratic legitimacy and accountability: a new role for NPs
2.2. The Lisbon Treaty provisions
2.3. The four domains of NPs participation at EU level
2.4. Concluding remarks
3. The European Citizens' Initiative: Challenges and Perspectives,
Salvatore Aloisio, Giorgio Grimaldi, Umberto Morelli, Antonio Padoa-Schioppa
Introduction. Democracy in the European Union (EU): General remarks
3.1. The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI)
3.2. The European Commission's proposal for a regulation of the ECI
3.3. ECIs: suggestions and outlook
3.4. Critical analysis of the European Commission's regulation proposal and the debate in progress
3.5. Concluding remarks
4. Conclusion, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
Programme of the Workshop, Turin, November 3, 2010
List of participants
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