Domestic scrutiny of European Union politics

• Verfasst von: Finke, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Dannwolf, Tanja [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Domestic scrutiny of European Union politics
• Titelzusatz: Between whistle blowing and opposition control
• Verf.angabe: Daniel Finke & Tanja Dannwolf
• E-Jahr: 2013
• Jahr: 27 February 2013
• Umfang: 32 S.
• Teil: volume:52
• Teil: year:2013
• Teil: number:6
• Teil: pages:715-746
• Teil: extent:32
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 06.04.2021
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: European journal of political research
• Ort Quelle: Oxford : Blackwell Publ., 1973
• Jahr Quelle: 2013
• Band/Heft Quelle: 52(2013), 6, Seite 715-746
• ISSN Quelle: 1475-6765
• DOI: doi:10.1111/1475-6765.12014
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: delegation
• Sach-SW: European Union
• Sach-SW: legislative politics
• Sach-SW: multilevel governance
• Sach-SW: two-level game
• K10plus-PPN: 1753195705

Abstract

Some European law proposals are subject to scrutiny by national parliaments while others go unchecked. The analysis in this article indicates that the opposition scrutinises European Union law to gather information on the proceedings inside the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. Yet whereas strong opposition parties scrutinise highly politicised law proposals, weak opposition parties tend to scrutinise those proposals that are negotiated under the non-transparent fast-track procedure. In addition, there is ample evidence that the leading minister initiates scrutiny in order to strengthen his or her intergovernmental bargaining leverage. Yet, this Schelling Conjecture presumes that the party of the minister is located between the expected bargaining position in the Council and the coalition partner. Any other domestic interest constellation could lead to scrutiny motivated by whistle blowing. However, an issue's salience helps us to separate the whistle blowing from the Schelling Conjecture.