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Inter-institutional Rules and Division of Power in the European Parliament: Allocation of Consultation and Co-decision Reports.
- Source :
- West European Politics; Jan2011, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p97-121, 25p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Studies on the European Parliament have largely overlooked the impact of the inter-institutional context on its internal organisation. This paper argues that the stronger legislative powers of the Parliament vis-a-vis the Council of Ministers under the co-decision than under the consultation procedure affect the intra-parliamentary allocation of different types of legislative report. The analysis of the period 2004-07 shows that legislators from the centre-right party group coalition and loyal party group members are privileged in the allocation of co-decision reports. In contrast, legislators with outlying special interests and experts are given systematic access to drafting only consultation reports. The higher competition for co-decision versus consultation reports left unchecked by the formal EP rules has thus been exploited by party group leaders to promote group cohesion and coalition-building, producing clear winners and losers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LEGISLATIVE bodies
POLITICAL parties
PARLIAMENTARY practice
COALITION governments
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01402382
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- West European Politics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 55724987
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2011.523547