The European Parliament as an Accountability Forum Overseeing the Economic and Monetary Union

This book provides the first in-depth empirical study of the European Parliament's powers of scrutiny of the executive in the European Union (EU) political system, focusing on the politically salient field of the Economic and Monetary Union. The expansion of executive decision-making during the...

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Main Author Akbik, Adina
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge University Press 20.01.2022
SeriesSocial Sciences
Subjects
accountability
Book Industry Communication
Economic governance
European Parliament
European Union law
International economic & trade law
International law
Law
Liability (Law)
Public international law
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Summary:This book provides the first in-depth empirical study of the European Parliament's powers of scrutiny of the executive in the European Union (EU) political system, focusing on the politically salient field of the Economic and Monetary Union. The expansion of executive decision-making during the euro crisis was accompanied by an empowerment of the European Parliament through legislative oversight. This book examines how the European Parliament exercises that oversight on a day-to-day basis and thus contributes to political accountability at the EU level. Building on an innovative analytical framework for the study of parliamentary questions and answers, Adina Akbik sheds light on the European Parliament's possibilities and limitations to hold EU executive bodies accountable more generally. Case studies cover the period 2012 to 2019 and include the European Central Bank in banking supervision, the European Commission, the Eurogroup, and the Economic and Financial Affairs Council. This title is Open Access.
ISBN:9781108835756
9781108814348
1108835759
1108814344
1108886612
9781108886611
DOI:10.1017/9781108886611