OPAL Country Reports

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The OPAL country reports inform about the institutional set-up of national parliaments in the European Union and the newly introduced procedures on provisions of the Lisbon Treaty. Experts from all 28 EU member states (including Croatia) have answered a detailed questionnaire provided by OPAL in September 2012. The reports are divided into three sections: 1) constitutional factors and 2) political factors defining the national parliament’s position in the constitutional balance of a member state as well as 3) the new procedures and practice of the parliament for the Early Warning Mechanism and Political Dialogue with the Commission.

 

The information provided in the reports gives some first insights into the “Palgrave Handbook on National Parliaments and the EU” where contributors will elaborate on the complete picture of parliamentary activities in EU affairs in their member state (see here).

 

To cite information from one of the reports please use the following format: Name of the author (2012), OPAL Country Reports: The ‘Name of the country’ Parliament and EU Affairs, weblink.

 

You can download the report by clicking on its title


The Austrian Parliament and EU Affairs
Eric Miklin


The Belgian Parliament and EU Affairs
Tom Delreux and Francois Randour


The British Parliament and EU Affairs
Ariella Huff and Julie Smith


The Bulgarian Parliament and EU Affairs
Dobrin Kanev


The Croatian Parliament and EU Affairs
Hrvoje Butkovic


The Cypriot Parliament and EU Affairs
Kalliope Agapiou-Josephides


The Czech Parliament and EU Affairs
Martin Hrbalek and Alexander Strelkov


The Danish Parliament and EU Affairs
Mette Buskjær Christensen


The Dutch Parliament and EU Affairs
Anna-Lena Högenauer


The Estonian Parliament and EU Affairs
Piret Ehin


The Finnish Parliament and EU Affairs
Tapio Raunio


The French Parliament and EU Affairs
Olivier Rozenberg, Anja Thomas and Angela Tacea


The German Parliament and EU Affairs
Oliver Höing


The Greek Parliament and EU Affairs
Dimitrios A. Sotiropoulos


The Hungarian Parliament and EU Affairs
Gabriella Ilonszki


The Irish Parliament and EU Affairs
Gavin Barrett


The Italian Parliament and EU Affairs
Sabrina Cavatorto


The Latvian Parliament and EU Affairs
Janis Ikstens


The Lithuanian Parliament and EU Affairs
Jūratė Novagrockienė


The Luxembourg Parliament and EU Affairs
Astrid Spreitzer


The Maltese Parliament and EU Affairs
Roderick Pace


The Polish Parliament and EU Affairs
Jan Barcz and Anna Pudlo


The Portuguese Parliament and EU Affairs
Davor Jančić


The Romanian Parliament and EU Affairs
Angela Tacea


The Slovakian Parliament and EU Affairs
Andrea Figulova


The Slovenian Parliament and EU Affairs
Sabina Lange


The Spanish Parliament and EU Affairs
Mario Kölling and Ignacio Molina


The Swedish Parliament and EU Affairs
Hans Hegeland