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The European Semester and Parliamentary Oversight Institutions Inside and Outside of the Euro Area
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Abstract The European Semester is a challenge for national parliaments but also an opportunity to reform domestic oversight institutions. Drawing on data from all member states, this study examines the conditions under which national parliaments use this opportunity. Is Euro area membership a prerequisite fo... view more
The European Semester is a challenge for national parliaments but also an opportunity to reform domestic oversight institutions. Drawing on data from all member states, this study examines the conditions under which national parliaments use this opportunity. Is Euro area membership a prerequisite for parliamentary adaptation to the European Semester and, if so, which further combinations of conditions account for variation among Euro area countries? The analysis suggests that membership in or close ties with the Euro area and institutional strength constitute necessary conditions for parliamentary adaptation. Combined with other factors - in particular, public debt exceeding the Maastricht criteria - these conditions explain reform in many cases. National parliamentary adaptation to the European Semester thus follows existing institutional divisions constituted by differentiated integration in the Euro area and uneven national parliamentary strength.... view less
Keywords
economic policy; governance; budgetary policy; Eurozone; European integration
Classification
European Politics
Free Keywords
European Semester; differentiated integration; economic governance; national parliaments
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 100-111
Journal
Politics and Governance, 9 (2021) 3
Issue topic
Rising to a Challenge? Ten Years of Parliamentary Accountability of the European Semester
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed