How does biased political recruitment—and the legislation of gender quotas—affect the
quality of representation? The article theorizes that biased selection implies a higher hurdle …

The organisation of populist radical right parties significantly shapes their long-term electoral
success. Within this party family, great organisational variation can be found, with the …

This essay takes stock of the current state of scholarship on gendered careers in the
European Union. Examining the careers of women in the political system of the European …

Does the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) make strategic use
of his members? Cases in the CJEU are prepared by a 'judge-rapporteur'who acts as an …

Experience and loyalty have been identified as major explanations for why Members of the
European Parliament (MEPs) are selected as committee rapporteurs in the European …

This forum article presents a new dataset on roll call votes in the committees of the
European Parliament in the 2014 to 2019 legislative term. Data on roll call votes in the …

The absence of an electoral connection is a widely held assumption in the scholarship on
the European Parliament (EP) and a cause of serious normative concern about the …

This article assesses how trilogues affect the possibilities to hold the European Parliament to
account from the perspectives of democracy as political equality and democracy as …

Shadow rapporteurs play an important role in developing the European Parliament's
collective policy positions and in defending them in inter-institutional negotiations. This study …

Group coordinators have a key role in shaping coherent policy agendas in European
Parliament (EP) committees and in building consensus about the party line among the …