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Record Nr.

UNINA9910585954603321

Autore

Akbik Adina

Titolo

The European Parliament as an accountability forum : overseeing the economic and monetary union / / Adina Akbik, Leiden University, Institute of Political Science [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge University Press, 2022

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2022

ISBN

1-108-88929-8

1-108-88205-6

1-108-88661-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 233 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Social Sciences

Classificazione

LAW051000

Disciplina

341.242

Soggetti

Political parties - European Union countries

Finance ministers - Europe

Europe Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Open Access title.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Jan 2022).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The Economic and Monetary Union, the Crisis, and Political Accountability -- Studying Accountability at the European Parliament: A Legislative Oversight Approach -- Overseeing the European Central Bank in Banking Supervision -- Overseeing the European Commission in the European Semester -- The Economic Dialogues with the ECOFIN Council and the Eurogroup -- Conclusions: Comparative Evaluation and Necessary Reforms.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides the first in-depth empirical study of the European Parliament's powers of scrutiny of the executive in the European Union (EU) political system, focusing on the politically salient field of the Economic and Monetary Union. The expansion of executive decision-making during the euro crisis was accompanied by an empowerment of the European Parliament through legislative oversight. This book examines how the European Parliament exercises that oversight on a day-to-day basis and thus contributes to political accountability at the EU level. Building on an innovative analytical framework for the study of



parliamentary questions and answers, Adina Akbik sheds light on the European Parliament's possibilities and limitations to hold EU executive bodies accountable more generally. Case studies cover the period 2012 to 2019 and include the European Central Bank in banking supervision, the European Commission, the Eurogroup, and the Economic and Financial Affairs Council. This title is Open Access.