This paper discusses institutional reforms that might strengthen the role of the European Parliament in the … policymaking process of the European Union. Using simple game theory, the paper analyzes the working properties of the different … delegates some of its policymaking power to the Commission as part of Union legislation. We show how the balance of power is …

classical power indices. The main emphasis in the assessment is in stability, efficiency and fairness. The paper concludes that … co-decision either with shared right to initiate between the Commission and the the Parliament or a double-hat Presidency …

classical power indices. The main emphasis in the assessment is in stability, efficiency and fairness. The paper concludes that … co-decision either with shared right to initiate between the Commission and the the Parliament or a double-hat Presidency …

for decision making. To gauge if European Parliament (EP) and Council of Ministers (CM) are equally powerful codecision … bargaining theory to predict inter-institutional agreements in the Conciliation Committee, it turns out that although … institutionally the Council and the Parliament are seemingly in a symmetric position, CM has significantly greater influence on EU …

for decision making. To gauge if European Parliament (EP) and Council of Ministers (CM) are equally powerful "codecision … bargaining theory to predict inter-institutional agreements in the Conciliation Committee, it turns out that although … institutionally the Council and the Parliament are seemingly in a symmetric position, CM has significantly greater influence on EU …

into how the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of Ministers interpret their respective roles … context of enhanced politicization resulting from the European Parliament's involvement in the decision-making process … (if any) in recent years. Accordingly, the paper scrutinizes the political preferences that the European Parliament is …

The present paper draws the attention of political scientists towards the participation of the European Parliament in … aims at knowing whether and, in the positive case, why the members of the Parliament mainly backed the management decisions …

This document explores the role and powers of the European Parliament in the Brexit process. It describes the … the EU and the UK. On that basis, the Parliament's mandate and powers in substantial terms as well as its involvement in … the procedure are outlined. Some options are highlighted to enable the Parliament to adequately fulfill its mandate and …

This paper questions the claim that the European Parliament (EP) is a legislature with strong committees. It examines …