Foreword / by Thanos Dokos -- Introduction: The Belt and Road and EU international relations policy and law / Vassilis Ntousas and Stephen Minas -- The Belt and Road Initiative as China's approach to global governance : implications for China-EU relations and economic cooperation / Yun Zhao and...

Scholars and observers alike agree that the European Union has weakened national parliaments. This article posits that such a view, while generally accurate, ignores ways in which the EU has helped national parliaments in their function as regulators of society. It identifies two key mechanisms:...