The European Parliament in Times of EU Crisis

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Need for Further Research on the European Parliament

Chapter 2 Parliamentary Oversight: Challenges Facing Classic Scrutiny Instruments and the Emergence of New Forms of ‘Steering’ Scrutiny

Chapter 3 The European Parliament and the European Council: A Shift in the Balance of Power?

Chapter 4 The CJEU and the Parliament’s External Powers Since Lisbon: Judicial Support to Representative Democracy?

Chapter 5 The Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament: An Evolving Relationship?

Chapter 6 Taming Trilogues: The EU’s Law-Making Process in a Comparative Perspective

Chapter 7 The European Parliament and EU Secondary Legislation: Improved Scrutiny Practices and Upstream Involvement for Delegated Acts and Implementing Acts

Chapter 8 Out of Balance? Practical Experience in the European Union with Quasi-Legislative Acts

Chapter 9 The European Parliament’s Contribution to the EU Budget: A Power Game

Chapter 10 The European Parliament and Civil Society

Chapter 11 Parliamentary Questions and Representation of Territorial Interests in the EP

Chapter 12 The Arduous Way Towards a Uniform Electoral System for the European Parliament

Chapter 13 Euroscepticism at the EP Elections in 2014: A Reflection of the Different Patterns of Opposition to the EU?

Chapter 15 Possible Future European Union Party-Political Systems

Chapter 16 Reforming the European Parliament’s Monetary and Economic Dialogues: Creating Accountability Through a Euro Area Oversight Subcommittee

Chapter 17 The European Parliament and Energy Poverty: Such a Long Way to Develop a Distinctive Voice in the Energy Union

Chapter 18 The European Parliament’s Role in Monitoring the Implementation of EU Trade Policy

Chapter 19 Parliamentary Diplomacy: Democracy Support at the European Parliament

Chapter 20 The European Parliament in Security and Defence: The Parliamentary Contribution to the European Defence Union