EU governance: democracy as a mere fragment of political discourse
EU governance: democracy as a mere fragment of political discourse

A study of national parliaments' contribution to the process of policy-making through the Early Warning Mechanism and the Informal Political Dialogue

Author(s): Giovanni Esposito, Tomaso Ferrando
Subject(s): Politics, Economy, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, National Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Government/Political systems, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, EU-Legislation
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu
Keywords: European Union;political discourse;national parliaments;Early Warning Mechanism;Informal Political Dialogue;democracy;
Summary/Abstract: The chapter illustrates the particular problems of the mismatch of rhetorical pledges by the EU to address the region's democratic deficit and the reality of inertia in the region's democratisation; they achieve this via a quantitative analysis of real policy processes involving national parliaments and their engagement with EU directives.

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