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Punching Below Its Weight: The Role of the European Parliament in Politicised Consultation Procedures
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Abstract With Lisbon, the European Parliament formally acquired an equal standing to that of the Council of the EU in the making of policies in the AFSJ (area of freedom, security and justice). However, the growing political salience of policy issues at stake and bottom-up politicisation in the AFSJ has had ... view more
With Lisbon, the European Parliament formally acquired an equal standing to that of the Council of the EU in the making of policies in the AFSJ (area of freedom, security and justice). However, the growing political salience of policy issues at stake and bottom-up politicisation in the AFSJ has had the unintended effect of undermining the European Parliament's internal unity even under consultation procedures. To show how this played out in practice during Europe’s migration and refugee crisis, this article analyses the European Parliament's role, preferences, and bargaining position in the making of two Refugee Relocation Decisions (Council Decisions 2015/1523 and 2015/1601) under consultation procedure. To do so, this article exploits Putnam's two-level framework (level I and II politics throughout the policy-making process) to explore early agenda-setting attempts and groups' positions on issues of refugee relocation and burden-sharing, as they were formally stated in their position papers and expressed at the LIBE Committee and at plenary. This article shows that the high domestic salience and politicization of the issues at stake left MEPs torn between competing principals at home and within their European Parliament political groups and had the effect of weakening overall unity on the issue of refugee relocation.... view less
Keywords
EU; European Parliament; EU policy; politics; layout; policy on refugees
Classification
European Politics
Free Keywords
European Parliament; European institutions; area of freedom; security and justice; consultation procedure; governance; migration crisis; policy-making; power; preference formation; two-level game
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 29-39
Journal
Politics and Governance, 9 (2021) 3
Issue topic
Resilient Institutions: The Impact of Rule Change on Policy Outputs in European Union Decision-Making Processes
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed