03349nam 22005415 450 991036993030332120230516131843.03-030-19791-310.1007/978-3-030-19791-9(CKB)4100000008701663(MiAaPQ)EBC5825118(DE-He213)978-3-030-19791-9(PPN)259462292(EXLCZ)99410000000870166320190712d2020 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe French Parliament and the European Union Backbenchers Blues /by Olivier Rozenberg1st ed. 2020.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2020.1 online resource (293 pages) illustrationsFrench Politics, Society and Culture,2946-37693-030-19790-5 1 Introduction -- 2 Institutional Adaptation: A Case of Trompe-L’Oeil? -- 3 The Enrolment of National Parliamentarians -- 4 The Constituency Member: Dilettante, Lobbyist or Mediator -- 5 The Defender of Land and Tradition: the Activism of the Righter of Wrongs -- 6 Sovereigntist: An Ephemeral Role -- 7 The Career Politician: The Europeanisation of Political Outsiders -- 8 The European Specialist in Search of a Role -- 9 Conclusion.This book explores how the European Union has changed the French Parliament since 1992. It supports the view that the institutional adaptation of both assemblies to European affairs is largely superficial as it lacks a genuine involvement from members of parliament. Nevertheless, the role of backbenchers has changed in the context of European integration. New ways of behaving, thinking and representing have emerged. From specialized representatives to constituency members, from presidential aspirants to Eurosceptic sovereigntists, French national parliamentarians have adapted differently to the EU. Far beyond the sole scrutiny of European draft legislation, the book provides a comprehensive map of this changing environment. It supports the view that the process has been driven by the search for day-to-day emotional gratifications rather than utilitarian strategies. Olivier Rozenberg is Associate Professor at the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po, Paris, France. He has co-edited books on parliamentary roles and questions, national parliaments, and parliamentary studies more generally.French Politics, Society and Culture,2946-3769Europe—Politics and governmentPolitical sciencePolitical sociologyEuropean PoliticsGovernance and GovernmentPolitical SociologyEurope—Politics and government.Political science.Political sociology.European Politics.Governance and Government.Political Sociology.328.44072328.44Rozenberg Olivierauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut972285BOOK9910369930303321The French Parliament and the European Union2210783UNINA