European Centre for Research on Federalism

Europäische Union / Europäische Integration [European Union / European integration]

Frühlingserwachen? Über die aufkeimende Liebe der regionalen und nationalen Parlamente an der Mitwirkung in der Europäischen Union
[Spring awakening  A story about the rising interest of cooperation of the regional and national parliaments in the European Union]

Peter Bußjäger

pp. 503-513

So far the law-making process of the European Union was dominated by national governments, the European Commission and the European Parliament. The space for regional parliaments was rather less. The Treaty of Lisbon gave the regional parliaments  against the background of the principle of subsidiary  a legally protected position. The Subsidiarity Monitoring Network of the Commitee of the Regions plays a decisive role. Each partner of this network has now the possibility to take part on the different draft laws by issuing its statements. In the context of this article the network and other cognate matters are analysed in detail and offer interesting results. This article is also dealing with the increasing participation of the Austrian Federal Council on matters of subsidiarity monitoring.

Suggested citation for this article:
Bußjäger, Peter 2009: Frühlingserwachen? Über die aufkeimende Liebe der regionalen und nationalen Parlamente an der Mitwirkung in der Europäischen Union, in: Europäisches Zentrum für Föderalismus-Forschung (ed.): Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2009. Föderalismus, Subsidiarität und Regionen in Europa, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 503-513.