The Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) brings together data on government activities in
over twenty countries, and provides a consistent categorizing system to understand when a …

Advances in data accessibility and analytical methods opened new frontiers for comparative
studies of European legislative activities. However, these advances still need to be fully …

National parliaments have become the most important and visible arena for public political
debate about the state and future of European integration. This is a new development, as …

This paper investigates MPs' questions in Denmark. The paper focuses on the role of the
“partisan context” for their questioning behavior. This refers to three aspects. First, the status …

The scrutiny exerted by opposition parties in European Union (EU) affairs crucially
contributes to the functioning of democratic accountability in the EU. While our knowledge …

Previous studies have demonstrated that the extent to which media coverage influences the
issue priorities of policy-makers is contingent on the type of issues, media, and political …

This article complements analyses of the partisan politicization of the European Parliament
from roll‐call votes with an analysis of political groups' use of parliamentary questions …

This chapter explores the territorial dimension and its recent evolutions during the current
European Parliament's mandate. This territorial dimension is generally considered to be …

The 2017 entry of the AfD in the Bundestag is one of the most important event in the history
of the federal Republic. The far-right party has changed the way debates are led on …

ABSTRACT Since the Treaty of Lisbon, the desire of parliaments to adapt to their new
powers has led to a new wave of Europeanisation. However, the early warning system …