The European Parliament's Role in Closer Eu

The book begins with an analysis of what integration theorists expected of the directly elected Parliament when such an idea was still on the drawing board. Robert Corbett examines what the Parliament has achieved in practice, and its significance in the formation of the EU. This comprehensive examination of the Parliament's impact of the successive renegotiations of the European treaties also considers its day-to-day influence on the development of European policies.

Richard Corbett is Deputy Secretary General of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament.

Acknowledgements

xi

Acronyms and Abbreviations

xiii

Foreword

xvii

Klaus Hansch

Introduction

xix

Theoretical Approaches to European Integration

1

(45)

Constituent Federalists

3

(9)

Gradualist Federalists

12

(8)

Neofunctionalists

20

(15)

Interdependence Theories

35

(1)

Intergovernmentalists

36

(4)

A Preliminary Synthesis?

40

(6)

What to Expect of the European Parliament?

46

(20)

Academic Views Prior to Direct Elections

46

(8)

Party Attitudes Prior to the First Direct Elections

54

(4)

Hypothesis for Testing

58

(2)

A Few Words about the Elections

60

(6)

A New Political Network

66

(26)

The Nature and Likely Commitment of the New MEPs

66

(5)

MEPs and National Political Parties

71

(5)

Transnational Party Federations

76

(2)

MEPs and National Parliaments

78

(1)

MEPs and their Constituencies

79

(1)

Interest Groups

80

(2)

Parliament and the Commission

82

(2)

International Contacts

84

(2)

The Information Market

86

(1)

MEPs and the Wider Public

87

(2)

Own Infrastructure

89

(1)

Assessment

90

(2)

Exploiting its Existing Powers

92

(39)

The Parliament's Budgetary Powers

93

(20)

The Parliament's Legislative Powers

113

(11)

The Parliament's Powers of Scrutiny and Control

124

(7)

Reform within the Treaties

131

(11)

Parliament Turns to Treaty Revision

142

(19)

The Crocodile Initiative

144

(2)

The Work of the Committee on Institutional Affairs

146

(7)

The Evolution of Party Attitudes

153

(8)

The Draft Treaty

161

(12)

Structure and Contents of the Draft Treaty

161

(7)

Main Characteristics of the Draft Treaty

168

(2)

Entry into Force of the Draft Treaty

170

(3)

From the Draft Treaty to the 1985 Intergovernmental Conference

173

(45)

The 1984 European Elections and National Political Parties

174

(2)

Initial Reactions of Governments

176

(4)

The Dooge Committee

180

(5)

The Reaction of National Parliaments

185

(9)

The EP Delegations to National Capitals

194

(8)

Interest Groups and NGOs

202

(2)

The Run-up to Milan

204

(14)

The Intergovernmental Conference of 1985

218

(36)

Procedures and Pressures

218

(3)

External Influences on the IGC

221

(6)

The Substance of the Negotiations

227

(21)

Ratification

248

(3)

Assessment

251

(3)

Making the Most of the Single European Act

254

(22)

Increased Majority Voting in Council

254

(2)

Strengthening the Executive Powers of the Commission

256

(4)

Strengthening the Capacity of the Court of Justice

260

(1)

The European Parliament

261

(12)

Assessment

273

(3)

Relaunching the Ship

276

(32)

Putting Reform back on the Agenda

276

(8)

Widening beyond EMU

284

(3)

Parliament's Detailed Proposals

287

(7)

The Interinstitutional Preparatory Conference

294

(2)

The Parliamentary Assizes of November 1990

296

(4)

The Commission's Opinion

300

(1)

The Preparatory Work among Governments

301

(5)

Assessment

306

(2)

The IGCs on Economic and Monetary Union and on Political Union

308

(35)

Procedures and Methods

308

(4)

External Attempts to Influence the IGC

312

(2)

The Substance of the Negotiations

314

(12)

Overall Results

326

(1)

Evaluating the Impact of the EP

327

(16)

Making the Most of Maastricht

343

(18)

A New Generation of Interinstitutional Agreements

343

(4)

The Co-Decision Procedure and its Spin-off

347

(2)

Appointment of the Commission

349

(1)

Code of Conduct

350

(3)

Changes to Rules of Procedure

353

(2)

Right to Vote in European Elections

355

(1)

Number of MEPs

355

(1)

Seats of Institutions and Organs

356

(1)

Adaptation of the Western European Union

357

(1)

Institutional Aspects of Enlargement

358

(1)

Finance

359

(2)

Overall Conclusions

361

(8)

Postscript: The Treaty of Amsterdam

369

(9)

Notes

378

(29)

Bibliography

407

(8)

Index

415

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