This volume examines the state of social Europe when European Union principles and
policies have to be implemented in the member states while the EU legitimacy crisis and the …

This article argues for the inclusion of regulations in studies of EU policy implementation and
compliance. Although both EU directives and EU regulations are to be implemented by the …

The article starts by identifying the main institutional components of the (elusive) concept of
Social Europe: the 'National Social Spaces', ie the social protection systems of the member …

Measurements of accountability tend to gauge account-holding powers or frequencies while
neglecting the quality of the account-holding process. In this article we address this with a …

Recently, it has been argued that the scrutiny of European law proposal by national
parliaments contributes to speeding up the implementation of EU law. To test this argument …

This article analyses to what extent the mechanism of the coalition conflict model of
executive‐legislative relations can account for the extent and policy direction of …

Research on the role of national parliaments in European Union (EU) matters dominantly
concentrates on ex ante scrutiny and mostly neglects that many parliaments are …

This article seeks to understand how, within the open method of coordination peer review
process, the European Union (EU) together with member states envision the processes of …

Research on multi‐level implementation of EU legislation has almost exclusively focused on
the national level, while little is known about the role of subnational authorities …

Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht informale Strategien der Informationsgewinnung von
nationalen Parlamenten, die der Mitsteuerung in Angelegenheiten der EU sowie der …