The Parliamentarisation of EU decision-making? The impact of the Treaty of Lisbon on National Parliaments

Abstract

Considers how deparliamentarisation has arisen in the EU Member States through the transfer of legislative powers from national parliaments to the EU. Examines the subsidiarity monitoring provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon 2007 Protocol 2, the provision of information to national parliaments under Protocol 1 and the Barroso Initiative of 2006. Comments on the German Federal Constitutional Court's judgment in Re Ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon (2 BvE 2/08). Assesses the extent to which Protocols 1 and 2 and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union art.12 will lead to improved accountability and legitimacy. Legislation Cited: Treaty of Lisbon 2007 Protocol 1 Treaty of Lisbon 2007 Protocol 2 Treaty on European Union art.12 Cases cited: Ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon, Re (2 BvE 2/08) [2010] 3 C.M.L.R. 13 (BverfG (Ger))