Parliaments and the Economic Governance of the European Union

Aleksandra Maatsch is Chair of European and Multilevel Politics (Interim), University of Cologne, Germany.

1. Introduction

i.. National Parliaments in the Reform of European Economic Governance: Talking Shops or Deliberative Bodies?

ii. National Parliaments in the European Union: From De-Parliamentarisation to Re-Parliamentarisation.

iii. The Role of Parliaments in the European Union after the Lisbon Treaty

iv. How Do Parliaments Contribute to Closing the Legitimacy Gap?

v. Contents of the book

2. European Financial Crisis: Dominant Narratives and the Legal Status of Anti-Crisis Measures

i. The European Financial Crisis

ii. The Legal Status of Anti-Crisis Measures

3. Empowered or Disempowered? The Role of National Parliaments during the Reform of European Economic Governance

4. Drivers of Political Parties’ Voting Behaviour in European Economic Governance: The Ultimate Decline of the Economic Cleavage?

i. Introduction

ii. What Factors Explain Political Parties’ Voting Patterns on European Anti-crisis Measures? Literature Review and Hypotheses

iii. Research Design, Methodological Approach and the Database Used in This Study

iv. Empirical Findings

v. Discussion and Conclusions

5. Parliamentary Parties’ Discourses on Anti-Crisis Measures: Between Solidarity and Particularistic Interest

i. Introduction

ii. Analytical Framework

iii. Methodological Approach – Frame Analysis

iv. Discursive Support and Opposition: Dominant Patterns

v. Pragmatic and Idealistic Supporters

vi. Opponents: Nationalists and Anti-Austerians

vii. Conclusions

6. Macroeconomic Preferences of National Parliamentary Parties

i. Introduction

ii. Keynesianism and Neoliberalism

iii. Which Factors Account for Political Parties’ Positioning on Macroeconomic Policies? Hypotheses of This Study.

iv. Methodological Approach of this Study

v. Empirical Evidence

vi. Conclusions

7. Conclusions