Abstract
In the last two chapters we have attempted to evaluate the European Parliament’s claim to be a parliament by examining the performance of its legislative, financial and control powers and by comparing these with the powers of the national parliaments.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Notes
See R. A. Dahl, ‘Introduction’, in Dahl (ed.), Political Opposition in Western Democracies (New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1966).
G. Vedel, ‘The Role of the Parliamentary Institution in European Integration’, in Directorate-General for Research and Documentation of the European Parliament (ed.), Symposium on European Integration and the Future of Parliaments in Europe (Luxembourg: European Parliament, 1975) pp. 236–41.
J. Fitzmaurice, The Party Groups in the European Parliament (Farnborough: Saxon House, 1975) pp. 205–6.
On ‘blue-prints’ see E. Damgaard, ‘Structural Adjustments of the Danish Parliament in the Twentieth Century’, in F. Heapley and A. Baaklini (eds.), Comparative Legislative Reforms and Innovations (State University of New York Press, 1977).
See C.-A. Morard, ‘Le Contrôle Démocratique dans les Communautés Européennes’, presented at the 8th Colloquium on the European Communities, Liège, Mar 1976;
P. Pescatore, ‘Les exigences de la démocratie et al légitimité de la Communauté Européene’, Cahiers de Droit Européen, X (1974) 499–514.
See M. Stewart, ‘Direct Elections to the European Parliament’, Common Market Law Review, XIII (1976) 283–301.
See P. Allott, ‘The Democratic Basis of the European Communities: The European Parliament and the Westminster Parliament’, Common Market Law Review, XI (1974) 298–326.
D. Norrenberg, ‘Un modèle institutionnel déficient: la communauté européenne’, Res Republica, XVIII (1976) 203–14.
See Leo Tindemans, ‘Report on European Union’, Bulletin of the European Communities, Supplement 1/76. For a comment on the Tindemans Report see J. D. B. Mitchell, ‘The Tindemans Report: Retrospect and Prospect’, Common Market Law Review, XIII (1976) 455–84.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 1978 Valentine Herman and Juliet Lodge
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Herman, V., Lodge, J. (1978). The Powers and Functions of the European Parliament. In: The European Parliament and the European Community. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15892-8_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15892-8_5
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-0-333-23982-7
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-15892-8
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies CollectionPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)