Why have the national governments of EU member states successively endowed the
European Parliament with supervisory, budgetary, and legislative powers over the past fifty …

During preparation for the biggest enlargement in its history, the European Union engaged
for the first time in thoroughly selecting its Member States to be. An elaborate system of legal …

This article considers how a plurality of views on how the EU ought to be legitimated may
even contribute to its overall legitimacy and not, as is often assumed, to its contestedness as …

French Politics and Society is the ideal companion for all students of France and French
politics with a strong reputation for its lucidity and lively exposition of the French polity. This …

Parliaments risk becoming the main losers of internationalisation; a process that privileges
executives and experts. Still, parliamentarians have developed a range of responses to …

This distinctive new text provides an overview and assessment of key debates about the
political character of the EU. Arguing that it is best seen as an international organization …

After the Cold War, a new constellation of actors entered transnational European
assemblies. Their interpretation of European history, which was based on the equivalence of …

This introductory article reviews our current state of knowledge about the European
Parliament (EP). First, we review the major accomplishments of previous studies of the EP …

Debate over the place of Christianity in European politics and society has made an
important come-back. The Convention on the Future of Europe's deliberations over the EU …

In this paper, we apply a revised version of the Discourse Quality Index (DQI) developed by
Steenbergen et al. to European Parliament (EP) debates. This updated measurement …