Professional Documents
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Materials
Fairhurst p114-123, p128-149
Chalmers p95 - 155
The European Parliament Corbett, Jacobs &
Shackleton
How the EU Institutions Work Alan Hardacre
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en
http://www.votewatch.eu
Treaties!
EU Treaties & Legislation Forster
http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm
http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/j_6/
Powers
Article 14 - TEU
1. The European Parliament shall,
jointly with the Council, exercise
legislative and budgetary functions.
It shall exercise functions of political
control and consultation as laid down
in the Treaties. It shall elect the
President of the Commission.
Composition
2. The European Parliament shall be
composed of representatives of the
Union's citizens. They shall not
exceed seven hundred and fifty in
number, plus the President.
Representation of citizens shall be
degressively proportional, with a
minimum threshold of six members
per Member State. No Member State
shall be allocated more than ninety-
Direct Elections
Art 14 TEU
3.The members of the European
Parliament shall be elected for a term
of five years by direct universal
suffrage in a free and secret ballot.
singleseat.eu
France v. Parliament C-237/11 & C238/11
Constitutional Engineering?
2014 EP Elections
The use of Spitzencandidaten
Article 17 / 7 TEU
Taking into account the elections to the
European Parliament and after having held
the appropriate consultations, the European
Council, acting by qualified majority, shall
propose to the European Parliament a
candidate for President of the Commission.
This candidate shall be elected by the
European Parliament by a majority..
The choice!
Political Leadership
Committees
Standing committees
Foreign Affairs
Human Rights
Development
International Trade
Budgets
Budgetary Control
Regional Development
Fisheries
Legal Affairs
Constitutional Affairs
Petitions
Legislative process
1st reading ( Ist reading Agreements ? )
2nd reading
Conciliation
Fairhurst p 141 (diagram of Art 294; codecision procedure)
EU Law Making
A Multi- Directional Tug of War
Democratic Deficit?
National Parliaments
Article 12 TEU active contribution to
functioning of the Union
Information rights and yellow card procedure
Monti 11 & European Public Prosecutors Office
Red Card ?