scholarly journals Efficiency and Effectiveness of the European Parliament under the Ordinary Legislative Procedure

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Matei ◽  
Ciora ◽  
Dumitru ◽  
Ceche
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
European Elections ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Legislative Procedure ◽  
Ordinary Legislative Procedure

In the aftermath of the 2019 European elections, the article tries to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the European Parliament within the framework of the ordinary legislative procedure (co-decision). After defining and formulating the main indicators, the paper analyses the micro- and macro-performance of the European Parliament within the decision-making process from a quantitative-qualitative and a qualitative-quantitative perspective; highlighting the relativizing factors and the responsiveness of the European decision-making process to the Europeans’ needs.

scholarly journals Efficiency and Effectiveness of the European Parliament under the Ordinary Legislative Procedure

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ani Matei ◽  
Cristina Ciora ◽  
Reli Ceche ◽  
Adrian Stelian Dumitru
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Legislative Procedure ◽  
Ordinary Legislative Procedure

On the eve of the Brexit process, in the context of a rising Euroscepticism that fuels the modest confidence of European citizens in their national and European institutions, the article assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of the European Parliament within the framework of the ordinary legislative procedure (co-decision). After defining and formulating the main indicators, the paper analyses the micro- and macro-performance of the European Parliament within the decision-making process from a quantitative-qualitative and a qualitative-quantitative perspective, highlighting the relativizing factors and the responsiveness of the European decision-making process to the Europeans’ needs.

The Commission’s initiative on the passerelle clauses – Exploring the unused potential of the Lisbon Treaty

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 489-508
Author(s):  
Robert Böttner
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Lisbon Treaty ◽  
European Council ◽  
Treaty Of Lisbon ◽  
Qualified Majority ◽  
Legislative Procedure ◽  
Commission President ◽  
Ordinary Legislative Procedure

The Treaty of Lisbon introduced general and special passerelle or bridging clauses into primary law. They can be used to alter voting arrangements from unanimity to qualified majority in the Council or from a special to the ordinary legislative procedure. This is to enable a shift to more supranational decision-making without the need for a full-fledged treaty revision. The European Parliament called on the European Council and the Council to make use of the passerelle clauses, also to involve Parliament as a co-legislator under the ordinary legislative procedure. The former Commission had started a discussion on the use of the passerelle clauses in four policy areas and it appears that the incumbent Commission President has endorsed this ambitious project. This article aims to explore the potential and the shortcomings of the bridging clauses as part of the unused potential of the Lisbon Treaty and discusses the enhanced cooperation procedure as a possible alternative.

Maastricht and the Codecision Procedure: A Success Story

1996 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Boyron
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Maastricht Treaty ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Democratic Deficit ◽  
Success Story ◽  
Equal Footing ◽  
Legislative Procedure ◽  
The Right

The Maastricht Treaty aimed partly to close the democratic deficit that exists in the European decision-making process. Accordingly, the role and the powers of the European Parliament were increased: a right of initiative was created, 1 committees of inquiry were reinforced, 2 the right of petition3 was recognised, an Ombudsman was created4 and a new legislative procedure, 5 which attempted to put the Parliament on an equal footing with the Council, was also included in the Treaty.

Policy complexity and legislative duration in the European Union

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Hurka ◽  
Maximilian Haag
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
European Union ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
General Level ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Legislative Procedure ◽  
Ordinary Legislative Procedure ◽  
The Impact

This article investigates the impact of policy complexity on the duration of legislative negotiations in the European Union employing survival analysis. We conceptualize policy complexity as a three-dimensional construct encompassing structural, linguistic and relational components. Building on this conceptual framework, we measure the complexity of 889 Commission proposals published under the ordinary legislative procedure between 2009 and 2018. Controlling for institutional and political drivers of legislative duration identified by previous studies, we show that different types of policy complexity influence the duration of the decision-making process in the European Union to varying degrees, at different points in time and partially in unexpected ways. On a general level, our study highlights that developing a better understanding of the origins and consequences of policy complexity in the European Union is a key task for scholars of European integration.

Time is of the essence: Explaining the duration of European Union lawmaking under the co-decision procedure

2021 ◽  
pp. 019251212110364
Author(s):  
Adam Kirpsza
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Decision Procedure ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Issue Linkage ◽  
Rational Choice Institutionalism ◽  
Legislative Procedure ◽  
Ordinary Legislative Procedure ◽  
European Parliament Elections

The article explores factors affecting the duration of the co-decision procedure (currently the ordinary legislative procedure), the main procedure for adopting legislation in the European Union. Drawing from rational choice institutionalism, it expects the speed of co-decision to be determined by three attributes: the impatience of legislators, issue linkage and the characteristics of Council and European Parliament negotiators ( relais actors). The hypotheses are tested using survival analysis on a dataset of 599 controversial legislative acts submitted and enacted under co-decision between 1999 and 2009. The results show that co-decision proposals are decided faster when they are urgent, negotiated prior to the European Parliament elections and concluded through single proposal logrolls. By contrast, multi-proposal packages and the ideological distance between relais actors prolong decision-making. Overall, the article contributes to the literature by showing that the impatience of legislators, package deals and the properties of negotiators are relevant drivers of co-decision duration.

Article 178 TFEU

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
European Regional Development Fund ◽  
Legislative Procedure ◽  
Ordinary Legislative Procedure ◽  
Committee Of The Regions ◽  
European Regional

Article 162 EC Implementing regulations relating to the European Regional Development Fund shall be taken by the European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and after consulting the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.

Article 59 TFEU

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Tomkin
Keyword(s):  
European Parliament ◽  
Specific Service ◽  
Article 59 ◽  
Legislative Procedure ◽  
Ordinary Legislative Procedure

Article 52 EC In order to achieve the liberalisation of a specific service, the European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and after consulting the Economic and Social Committee, shall issue directives.

Article 133 TFEU

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Central Bank ◽  
European Central Bank ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Single Currency ◽  
European Central ◽  
Legislative Procedure ◽  
Ordinary Legislative Procedure

Without prejudice to the powers of the European Central Bank, the European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, shall lay down the measures necessary for the use of the euro as the single currency. Such measures shall be adopted after consultation of the European Central Bank.

Article 118 TFEU

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Kellerbauer
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Internal Market ◽  
Legislative Procedure ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Ordinary Legislative Procedure

In the context of the establishment and functioning of the internal market, the European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, shall establish measures for the creation of European intellectual property rights to provide uniform protection of intellectual property rights throughout the Union and for the setting up of centralised Union-wide authorisation, coordination and supervision arrangements.

Article 33 TFEU

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd-Roland Killmann
Keyword(s):  
European Parliament ◽  
Member States ◽  
Scope Of Application ◽  
Legislative Procedure ◽  
Ordinary Legislative Procedure

Article 135 EC Within the scope of application of the Treaties, the European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, shall take measures in order to strengthen customs cooperation between Member States and between the latter and the Commission.

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